Pavements occupy twice the surface area of buildings in the U.S. In urban watersheds they produce two-thirds of excess runoff and are responsible for essentially all the runoff pollution and ...

The concrete oozed rather than poured out of the mixer truck, almost as if reluctant to cover the ground — partly because it won’t, entirely. Laborers shoveled pebbly gobs around to form a new ...

A completed section of path shows the color and smoothness of the finish. Water percolates through the pavement into the ground, where it is returned to the water table naturally. A new kind of ...

The city is testing out a new form of green infrastructure to help prevent flooding in Brooklyn: porous pavement. Seven miles of porous pavement will be installed along a network of streets in Sunset ...

Do you have the porous (also called pervious) pavement maintenance blues? Are you finding this assignment by your customers one that cannot be done long term without permanently damaging it? Is it ...

When property is developed, pavements and building roofs decrease the rainfall infiltration into the soil and increase the quantity of stormwater runoff. The rain that previously soaked into the ...

The new curbs and sidewalks along Ohio Street, just west of College Avenue downtown, look like they were poured with a bad batch of concrete. The texture is that of large-curd cottage cheese. The ...

Although concrete lasts a long time — creating durable patios, driveways, roads, and foundations for houses — the production of concrete takes a lot of energy. And that’s not the only problem with ...

In March 2011, the Georgia Concrete and Products Association sponsored a pervious concrete laydown demonstration at the site of the Georgia Association of Water Professionals headquarters in Marietta, ...

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