Open-celled Pavers: An Environmental Alternative to Traditional Paving Materials
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Nichols, David B.
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Hatcher, Kathryn J.
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Abstract
Replacing traditional impervious paving materials with porous pavements such as open-celled pavers is one method that site designers can use to negate the harmful
environmental impacts of land development upon surface streams and waterbodies. Due to their porous nature, open-celled pavers can reduce the volume and rate of stormwater runoff when compared to impervious paving
materials. Also, because they allow stormwater to infiltrate the soil, they have the capability of filtering pollutants from the stormwater runoff that would otherwise
be discharged directly into surface streams.
Unfortunately, many site design professionals are hesitant to utilize these pavers on site development projects due to
a perceived lack of quality in the visual appearance of pavements composed of these pavers. Current research is underway at the University of Georgia to identify the
brands of open-celled pavers and varieties of turfgrass that are best for use in this part of the United States.
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Sponsored and Organized by: U.S. Geological Survey, Georgia Department of Natural Resources, The University of Georgia, Georgia State University, Georgia Institute of Technology
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1993-04
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