How to Reduce Impervious Surfaces?
Reduce Impervious Areas by: Disconnecting Impervious Surfaces and Roof Drains to Suitable Pervious Areas. Using Pervious Pavement Materials Wherever Feasible...
- Disconnecting impervious surfaces and roof drains to suitable pervious areas.
- Using pervious pavement materials wherever feasible.
- Installing green roofs on buildings.
- Reducing the length and width of driveways, size of parking spaces, and other pavements.
What counts as impervious surface?
Impervious surfaces are manmade hard areas, such as roofs, drive- ways, or decks, which don't allow precipitation to infiltrate the ground, but instead cause rain or snowmelt to runoff.
What could community planners do to lessen the negative impact of impervious surface?
Encouraging vertical parking structures instead of parking lots can also significantly reduce total impervious surfaces. ... This would also benefit the planners by reducing the total impervious area created by the development.
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