The University of Washington Permeable Pavement Demonstration Project -- Background and First-Year Field Results

Abstract

Our study of permeable pavements has evolved from a growing recognition of the limitations of traditional stormwater management. To keep water in the soil we must allow access of water to that soil across much of the landscape, developed as well as undeveloped. This will not be practical everywhere, but where previously undeveloped land is being consumed most rapidly, and thus previously high-quality aquatic resources are being threatened most immediately, the opportunities are particularly great.