Hydroseeding in Lenexa, KS

Hydroseeding in Lenexa ties directly into the city's stormwater program. Lenexa calls its approach Rain to Recreation: it treats stream corridors as ecosystems, collects erosion and site development fees when land is disturbed, issues permits for construction sites and inspects them for compliance. For a builder or developer, fast, even vegetation is part of keeping a permitted site in good standing.

Sediment is the top pollutant

The city lists sediment first among its main surface water pollutants, ahead of bacteria, phosphorus and trash. Bare dirt on a construction lot is the main source. Our role is to hold it in place with silt fence along the downhill edge, inlet protection at the curb, and hydroseed or hydromulch on disturbed ground as soon as grading wraps up.

Lake Lenexa and Black Hoof Park

The 35-acre Lake Lenexa, in Black Hoof Park, is held back by a dam completed in 2006 and built from about 150,000 cubic yards of earth. It sits in the Mill Creek drainage and serves as a flood control reservoir. Yards and sites upstream feed it, which is one more reason to stabilize slopes quickly.

Many miles of pipe

The city maintains over 160 miles of storm pipe, nearly 9,000 inlets and 22 miles of streams. Soil washed off a lot ends up in those pipes and costs everyone money to clean out.

Homeowners too

Lenexa grew 19.2 percent between 2010 and 2020, so plenty of homes are only a few years old. Builder-grade lawns here often need topsoil, fine grading and a proper new lawn installation. With about 37 inches of rain a year, a well-mulched hydroseed lawn roots faster than a thin dry-seeded one.

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