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Environmental Benefits of Porous Pavement
- Reduces the amount of impervious surface from development.
- Reduces the volume of storm water runoff, as well as the peak rate of flow.
- Reduces the discharge of pollutants and improves water quality.
- Facilitates groundwater recharge to maintain groundwater and base flow levels in nearby streams.
- Reduces drainage problems associated with stream channelization and sinkholes.
Economic Benefits of Porous Pavement
- Reduces the land area consumed by conventional detention facilities.
- Reduces the need for curbs, gutters, inlets, and storm sewers and other costly infrastructure.
Aesthetic Benefits of Porous Pavement
- Eliminates the need for unsightly detention basins, rip-rap channels, etc.
- Preserves areas such as woods or open space that would have been destroyed for detention basins.
- Eliminates puddling and flooding on parking lots.
Courtesy of Cahill Associates
