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July 2, 2011
The Magic of Pervious Concrete
The video below shows 1500 gallons of water soaking into pervious concrete in 5 minutes. That’s the equivalent of about 43 inches of rainfall seeping into the concrete with no run-off.
Just watch the water flowing for a few seconds and you get a serene feeling, somehow, all is good with the world when pervious concrete can absorb that much water. I love seeing all the spectators and the audio woman. Truly, in the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ScsQYHMfabU&feature=player_embedded#at=49
I’ve used pervious asphalt paving several times, but haven’t yet tried pervious concrete. Now I want to.