{"id":23678,"key":"Permeable_pavements","title":"Permeable pavements","latest":{"id":1205621,"timestamp":"2025-11-27T15:56:14Z"},"content_model":"wikitext","license":{"url":"https://www.appropedia.org/Appropedia:Copyrights","title":"CC-BY-SA-4.0"},"source":"[[File:Porous pavement.JPG|thumb|A porous paving material. (Copyright unclear - please upload an alternate image.)]]\n\nPermeable pavement can be used as a substitute for concrete and asphalt driveways, patios, parking lots, or wherever conventional pavements are used.\n\nBy combining hard surface with porous surface, e.g. in a grid pattern, it allows water to be absorbed by the ground, decreasing off-site water runoff.\n\n== See also ==\n\n* [[Groundwater recharge]]\n\n== External links ==\n\n* [http://web.archive.org/web/20161102140822/http://oasis-rainharvesting.co.uk/suds Sustainable Drainage Systems (SUDS)]\n* [http://www.jetsongreen.com/2010/02/drivable-grass-permeable-concrete-mats.html Drivable Grass\n\n{{Page data\n| license = CC-BY-SA-3.0\n| keywords = Drainage, Groundwater recharge, Pavements\n| sdg = SDG11 Sustainable cities and communities\n}}\n\n[[Category:Groundwater recharge]]"}