Porous Pavement

DA = < 5 acres

Maintenance = 5.0 Treatment

Rev

Cpv

WQv

Qp

Cost =

?

x

?

x

Comm. Accept.=

1.0

3.0

* limited pollutant removal data

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Porous pavement can have very high maintenance requirements, but is well-accepted by the community. It provides groundwater recharge as well as water quality storage. Porous pavement provides removal of 95% of TSS, 65% of TP, and 83% of TN, although these numbers are based on limited data.