San Leandro Business Center

Davis St. & Business Center Drive, San Leandro Map

Runoff from six industrial parcels along San Leandro’s Business Center Drive flows to this ponding area, or seasonal wetland, south of Davis Street.

This is old landfill in what once was San Francisco Bay. Just west are the City of San Leandro’s Transfer Station and Recycling Center as well as East Bay Regional Park District’s Oyster Bay Shoreline Park.

Though hardly glamorous, the pond does provide some habitat, and its soil and vegetation does filter and degrade pollution while letting runoff soak into soil.

Swales and landscaping filter runoff pollution from parking lots before runoff reaches the pond.

Maintenance — or lack of it — shows. Left above and below, when these photos were taken, plantings were well maintained at a recently developed parcel near Davis Street. Right above and below, farther back and farther from public areas, trees seem to be dying for lack of water while weeds move in. Click for larger images.