After a period of decline beaver populations are on the rise resulting in an increase in beaver ponds across the landscape. In urban environments these ponds could function as a natural way to manage stormwater and improve water quality. Urban stormwater ponds, designed to mitigate runoff, tend to have high concentrations of total suspended solids (TSS) due to inputs from adjacent impervious surfaces and high algal production that often do not allow sedimentation. In contrast beaver ponds create unique pond and wetland habitats which can enhance sedimentation leading to lower TSS concentrations in water leaving the pond. We collected TSS from an urban stormwater and a beaver pond approximately biweekly over the span of 2 years. Data were collected from multiple sites, including inflow, pond, and outflow points. Overall the average TSS across all sites for the urban stormwater pond was 21.80 mg/L and 16.46 mg/L for the beaver pond. Both ponds had high TSS levels upstream, however, TSS showed a greater decrease downstream in beaver ponds compared to stormwater ponds. Although beaver ponds did have higher TSS levels within the pond, TSS decreased by 21 mg/L downstream, which shows their effectiveness of reducing TSS levels. Stormwater ponds only dropped by 1 mg/L downstream. This research highlights the potential for beaver ponds near urban environments to function as an effective natural solution for mitigating excess stormwater and water quality improvement.