PermaPave

Cost & Sustainability Benefits

Permapave offers products that are the most cost effective and offer significant environmental advantages compared to concrete or asphalt surfaced pavements in terms of water quantity, control, and water quality improvement. The cost of permeable pavements, with its built-in stormwater management, is less than that of impervious pavements with a separate stormwater management facility.

• Permeable paving is compliant with EPA requirements and recognized as Best Management Practice.
• The quality of water is improved by the natural process that occurs within permeable pavements.
• Enhancement of bio-diversity and amenity values.
• Re-use of rainwater.
• Minimal excavation.

Health & Safety Benefits

Permeable pavements drain down quickly after rainfall and therefore you will not find a significant volume of water within the pavements, making it a misconception that permeable pavement may be a health hazard. Permapave products are considered a very safe structure when compared to traditional storm drainage designs.

Additional Benefits:

• Permeable pavers efficiently remove surface water and provide initial filtration.
• Reduce the amount of runoff by directing the water to re-charge or storage.
• Permapave maximizes land use by using the permeable pavement as a rainwater retention facility and provides quick and easy removal for underground utility repairs.
• Eliminates standing water on pavement.
• Controls erosion in streambeds and riverbanks.
• Accommodates detention facility requirements.
• Qualifies for Credit 6 – LEED: Limits disruption of natural water flows by minimizing stormwater runoff, increasing on-site infiltration, and reducing contaminants.
• Qualifies for Credit 7 – LEED: Light colored pavers reduce heat island affect.
• Provides groundwater recharge and reduces thermal water pollution.
• Permapave meets and exceeds non-slip standards.
• Permapave pavers comply with standards for masonry units, segmental pavers, and flags.
• Long-term durability and ease in repair.
• Additional oil separation technique is not required.
• Water will drain through Permapave before freezing can occur; frost penetration is shallower within permeable pavements than in conventional pavements.
• Stormwater harvesting for reuse with reduction of soil migration and erosion.