Permeable Paver Systems
VIDEO: SF-Rima® permeable pavement handling 2,000 gallons in 9 minutes with zero runoff!
Permeable pavers make it possible to have an attractive surface suitable for pedestrian and vehicular traffic while minimizing the impact of rainfall runoff on storm drains and the surrounding environment. Where most paved surfaces are impervious and create immediate, contaminated runoff during rainstorms, permeable pavers allow runoff to flow between the joints of the pavers. The base layer of the paving system delays, filters, and cleans the runoff before it passes into the ground water table or into the storm drain system.
More information available in Sustainable Design section.
See FAQs for permeable pavers.
PICP Quantity and Quality Control Design Types
| Full Exfiltration |
| Quantity and Quality Control |
- Results in no runoff of stormwater
- May also capture building roof runoff
- Recharge ground water
- Minimizes stress to stormwater systems
- Filters water
- Cooler pavement
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| Partial Exfiltration |
| Quantity and Quality Control |
- Minimizes runoff - may equal predevelopment level
- Slows and delays water entering storm system
- Filters water before releasing to storm system or natural streams
- Cools water before releasing to environmental waters
- Cooler pavement
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| No Exfiltration |
| Quantity and Quality Control |
- Slows and delays water entering storm system
- Filters water before releasing to storm system or natural streams
- Cools water before releasing to environmental waters
- Cooler pavement
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Angelus Permeable Paver Systems
