PermaPave

Water Sensitive Urban Design Solutions

The integration of major and minor flow paths in the landscape with a range of water design techniques turns stormwater into a resource and asset, rather than a burden. Most existing urban areas can be retrospectively upgraded to provide the advantages of Water Sensitive Urban Design and Permapave Low Impact Solutions require substantially less land than other available solutions.

Water Sensitive Urban Design (WSUD) aims to manage stormwater by minimizing the extent of impervious surfaces and trapping pollution at either the site level or on a regional basis. WSUD provides a rational framework for incorporating permeable paving into urban design. Its benefits not only embrace stormwater management and pollution control, but also include economical advantages by minimizing the costs of surface draining works, reducing the demands on stormwater sewage and optimizing land use.

Benefits of Water Sensitive Urban Design:

• Protection and enhancement of natural water systems within urban developments.
• Integration of stormwater treatment into the landscape. Stormwater in the landscape maximizes the visual and recreational amenity of developments.
• Protection and improvement of the quality of water draining from urban developments into outfall water ways.
• Reduction of runoff and peak flows from urban development by the incorporation of local detention measures and minimization of impervious substrates within the development.
• Increase in value while minimizing the drainage infrastructure cost of development.