Long Leaf Mall Bioretention Makes the Grade with NCSU

What happens to all that rain after the recent downpours?  Well if you're in a parking lot, a lot of things happen to the rain, and most of them aren't good.  Parking lots - although helpful for shopping convenience - can become catch basins for indirect pollutants.  Trash, petroleum products from vehicles and sediment are just three of the potential hazards when carried from storm drains to watersheds closely located around any parking lot.

We partnered with the NCSU Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering (BAE) to create a bioretention device to handle runoff from the Long Leaf Mall's parking lot in Wilmington, NC.  Dragonfly Pond Works' crews began by removing asphalt and excavated around an existing catch basin which would serve as the outlet structure.  We then installed the underdrain and media,  new curb and gutter, and centipede sod totaling about 2200 square feet.

This new bioretention device will now filter runoff from the parking lot to prevent pollutants from entering local watersheds.  Many thanks to the successful partnership with NCSU and our own Dragonfly Pond Works contracting team!

For more information on how a bioretention device works and this particular project:NCSU Bioretention Device Partnership

About Dragonfly Pond Management

Dragonfly Pond Works helps clients discover their sanctuary. We are an environmental services company that customizes water beautification solutions, creating natural pond, lake, and wetland refuges for residents, property owners, and community members to enjoy. Our practices work in harmony with nature, but also within your budget.

As experienced specialists in pond and lake management, our designs transform retention ponds, sand filters, stormwater basins, underground detention facilities, and other types of aquatic systems into healthy and integrated waterscapes.

From Maryland to Florida, Dragonfly Pond Works serves clients throughout the mid-Atlantic region, including corporate, commercial, and public accounts, residential customers, and homeowner associations. We strive to develop long-term relationships based on quality work, timely service, cost efficiency, and of course, trust.