TY - GEN T1 - Experimental study of permeable reservoir pavements for surface runoff control at source AU - Acioli, L. A. AU - Silveira, A. L. L. Da AU - Goldenfum, J. A. DO - 10.4122/1.1000001367 UR - https://www.datacite.org/invalid.html AB - The uncontrolled expansion of the majority of the cities is generating many infrastructure problems and environmental impacts. The usual drainage systems have proved to be inefficient and excessively expensive. Alternative solutions, trying to compensate urbanisation and imperviousness effects are being researched, trying to favour source control. This paper presents an experimental study, developed at IPH-UFRGS (Institute for Hydraulic Research of the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul), in Porto Alegre, Brazil, which seeks to monitor and analyse the behaviour of pervious pavements, when subjected to usual traffic conditions. A parking lot of 280 m2 was built, allowing intensive and continuous monitoring of two different types of pervious pavements: (i) asphalt; (ii) concrete garden blocks, filled with grass. Water quantity and quality data are collected in order to evaluate the performance of permeable pavements and to appraise its feasibility in specific soil and weather conditions of the city of Porto Alegre/Brazil. The preliminary results show a good performance of the permeable pavements: low values were observed both for runoff and maximum storage in the reservoirs. Low infiltration rates were also observed, as consequence of the clay soil, as expected from the previous soil characterisation tests, performed before the site construction. KW - Pervious pavements KW - source control KW - BMP KW - urban runoff PY - 2005 PB - DTU Library, Technical University of Denmark (DTU) LA - en ER -