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On Friday, Illinois Central College showed off one of the new “green” features that the school now boasts.
Contractors and college officials demonstrated how the community college’s new porous asphalt parking lot works on the north end of the school. The pavement was doused with water from a truck to simulate the water accumulation and run-off.
Porous asphalt pavements are an alternative solution to manage storm water runoff. Porous pavements allow water to drain through the pavement into a stone recharge bed and infiltrate into the soils below the pavement.
With the proper design and installation, porous asphalt can provide cost-effective pavements with a life span of more than 20 years, and provide storm water management systems that promote infiltration, improve water quality, and in many instances eliminate the need for a detention basin.
By replenishing water tables and aquifers rather than forcing rainfall into storm sewers, porous asphalt helps reduce demands on storm sewer systems.
On Friday, Illinois Central College showed off one of the new “green” features that the school now boasts.
Contractors and college officials demonstrated how the community college’s new porous asphalt parking lot works on the north end of the school. The pavement was doused with water from a truck to simulate the water accumulation and run-off.
Porous asphalt pavements are an alternative solution to manage storm water runoff. Porous pavements allow water to drain through the pavement into a stone recharge bed and infiltrate into the soils below the pavement.
With the proper design and installation, porous asphalt can provide cost-effective pavements with a life span of more than 20 years, and provide storm water management systems that promote infiltration, improve water quality, and in many instances eliminate the need for a detention basin.
By replenishing water tables and aquifers rather than forcing rainfall into storm sewers, porous asphalt helps reduce demands on storm sewer systems.
