How Silva Cells Helped Solve Complex Stormwater Needs in Bay Area

The NewPark Costco in Newark, California, needed to ensure proper stormwater management in their new 2022 development while at the same time not sacrificing parking. The solution? Silva Cells. By installing Silva Cells under the pavement in the parking lot, developers were able to maintain the proper number of parking stalls without sacrificing green stormwater management: Silva Cells serve as a bioretention tool, operating underground. Stormwater enters the tree soil below and is treated and slowed before draining to the municipal sewer system, a responsible LID strategy that also provides irrigation to the 19 newly planted parking lot trees.