Natural Solutions

that protect and beautify.

stormwater management

In the past decade, the Virgin Islands have seen more than 25 “100 year storms.”

Commercial properties are especially at risk with increased impervious surface areas like parking lots, roofs and roadways, disrupting nature’s process of water filtration into the soil. The result is increased runoff during storm events causing flooding, erosion, sedimentation and pollution.

Permeable Pavement Systems

Managing stormwater is the key to protecting your property’s landscaping and livelihood.

Our solution is a revolutionary permeable pavement system that absorbs and filters with layers of aggregate reducing the volume of water runoff. Cleaner water is instead dispersed, either routed to underground storage tanks for later irrigation use, or piped to cisterns to naturally recharge your water supply.

Certified Assessment, Planning 
& Installation

Island Designs is the Caribbean’s only certified contractor.

We meet the exacting standards of excellence for the design, installation and maintenance of these decorative permeable pavements. Even the most inventive and innovative architect will appreciate the design flexibility of sizes, patterns and colors backed by science and extensive testing.

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Erosion, contamination and flooding that cause lengthy closures and costly remediation can be avoided now, and for the future of your property.

Science and Technology driven

Extreme weather events pose significant risks to life, property, and the economy in the Caribbean.

Some extreme events, such as flooding and droughts, are projected to increase in frequency and intensity. Increasing hurricane intensity and associated rainfall rates will likely affect human health and well-being, economic development, conservation, and agricultural productivity. The Island Designs team of landscape and hardscape specialists, civil and structural engineers and marine scientists are uniquely qualified to evaluate, design and protect your investment.

Beautiful land-and-hardscapes? While protecting your investment and the environment? It’s a win, win.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

The EPA recognizes segmentable permeable pavements
as a best management practice for stormwater.

  • Low impact development (LID) practice
  • Reduce the construction of impervious surfaces
  • Reintroduce hydrologic conditions that existed prior to development
  • Reduce peak flow / network overload (discharge to sewer is spread over a longer period)
  • Reduce wastewater treatment costs
  • Use in confined spaces in existing areas requiring additional stormwater management
  • Reduce potential erosion and flooding associated with increased runoff rates and volumes
  • Reduce potential erosion and flooding associated with increased runoff rates and volumes
  • Low impact development (LID) practice
  • Reduce the construction of impervious surfaces
  • Reintroduce hydrologic conditions that existed prior to development
  • Reduce peak flow / network overload (discharge to sewer is spread over a longer period)
  • Reduce wastewater treatment costs
  • Comprehensive watershed studies
  • Improve water quality
  • Retain ground water in your landscape, retain for irrigation
  • Reduce heat island effects by cooling and humidifying surrounding air
  • Gain credits for LEED certification
  • Improve the aesthetic quality of urban landscape
  • Protecting the marine environment
  • Shoreline reclamation