The San Leandro Water Pollution Control Plant project focused on providing a Bay-Friendly rated landscape to enhance the existing administration building, parking and frontage road to the site.
Case
Study
89
Points
Project Name
WPCP Rehabilitation Project
Address
3000 Davis Street, San Leandro CA
Project Owner/Developer
City of San Leandro, Engineering Department
Bay Friendly Rater
Cynthia Greenberg
Year Completed
2014
Landscape Size
440,000 sq ft
Grounds Open To Public?
Yes
Bay-Friendly Rated Landscape Score
89 points
Bay-Friendly Landscape Highlights
- Solar Powered irrigation controllers
- Sheet mulching utilized for weed control
- 83% low water use plants
- Diverse plant palette
- 55% native plants
- Saves save 220,010 gallons of water per year and reduces greenhouse gas emissions by up to 36.49 tons of CO2E over the life of the project