Low impact development (LID) facilities are considered significant in controlling urban waterlogging and runoff pollution, which are extensively used in the sponge city construction in China. Dissolved organic matter (DOM) is a kind of dissolved substances with strong adsorption and complexation, accounting for more than 50% of runoff pollutants. For the purpose of exploring the influence of DOM on LID facilities, the properties of DOM itself, the effect of DOM on heavy metals (HMs) and persistent organic pollutants (POPs) in LID facilities as well as its impact on microbial environment were summarized in this paper with the latest research status quo and progress at home and abroad. It is pointed out that DOM will interact with HMS and POPs through adsorption and complexation, resulting in saturation of media adsorption sites in LID facilities, blockage of media, and changes in microbial relative abundances (RAs), etc.This study is expected to provide optimization reference for the design and optimization operation LID facilities.