Pervious Concrete is one of the Best Management Practices recommended by the EPA. It's goal is to prevent stormwater runoff by allowing stormwater to directly infiltrate to the ground. This technique allows the stormwater to filter through the porous concrete and directly return to the groundwater system. Large concrete aggregates are used to allow for a pore space roughly equal to one quarter. The aggregates are held together and coated with a paste to assist in water flow through the pores. The following workshops will address a variety of topics about the construction and implementation of pervious pavement.

In April of 2010, Howell & Vancuren, a landscape architecture firm in Tulsa, installed pervious brick pavers in their parking lot. These brick pavers are designed to hold a 100-year storm underneath without any surface runoff.

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