Fairchild Semiconductor Retrofits

The Long Creek Watershed Management District brought together the owners of two neighboring parcels (Fairchild Semiconductor and Texas Instruments) to install an integrated stormwater retrofit. The project highlights included:

• Improved treatment of 18.5 acres impervious surface
• Replaced an existing large detention pond with a gravel wetland
• Converted 2 existing smaller detention basins into an attractive water feature 
• Removed nearly 1 acre of impervious parking area
• Replaced piping and other drainage structures to redirect stormwater from Fairchild facility to treatment area on Texas Instruments' parcel
• Installed a wet vegetated treatment system
• Installed three bioretention cells