From One Material, Many Green Solutions
Pervious Concrete The Pervious Solution Stormwater management is simplified with pervious concrete pavement. By making the mix design of pervious concrete so that it contains connected voids, hundreds of inches of water per hour can pass through a properly constructed pervious concrete pavement. It is ideal for use in parking lots, paths and walkways, streets, shoulders, roads and alleyways. Puddles can be eliminated, and underground water aquifers can be recharged with durable, long-lasting pervious concrete.
Allows for recharging of fresh water sources and underground aquifers naturally.
Removes pollution with the highest potential infiltration rate for pavement courses.
Lighter colors available provide a cool pavement with the potential to reduce urban heat island.
Recycles materials (SCMs) and reduces embodied energy.
Documents and Resources Visit our website at cncement.org for more information and quick links to the documents below.
Guide Specification – Compaction and Subgrade for Pervious Concrete Paving
Guide Specification – Portland Cement Pervious Concrete Paving
Using Pervious Concrete to Earn LEED Points
Recognized Procedure for Achieving Quality Pervious Concrete
Construction and Maintenance Assessment of Pervious Concrete Pavements
Storm Water Management of Pervious Concrete
www.perviouspavement.org
ABOVE: Kaiser Permanente – Fontana Medical Center in Fontana California – 150,000 sf. of pervious concrete pavement for parking area
Green Benefits of Using Pervious Concrete
Economical permeable pavement systems can last more than 25 years.
Pervious concrete significantly reduces urban stormwater runoff and replaces stormwater sewer infrastructure, helping to yield valuable BMP and LEED credits.
Reduces the need for large detention ponds because the pavement base acts as the detention area and lowers the demand on storm sewer systems.
Prevents heavily polluted stormwater runoff from flowing directly into oceans, lakes, rivers and streams.
CNCA Professionals Clay Slocum, P.E. Director of Engineering clay.slocum@cncement.org Telephone: 530.864.1648 Nathan Forrest, P.E. Technical Director nathan.forrest@cncement.org Telephone: 520.235.0480