Evaluation of Four Permeable Pavement Sites in Eastern North Carolina for Runoff Reduction and Water Quality Impacts
Publication: Journal of Irrigation and Drainage Engineering
Volume 133, Issue 6
Abstract
Four permeable pavement applications in North Carolina’s Coastal Plain were constructed and monitored to determine their effectiveness of reducing runoff quantity and improving water quality. Sites were either constructed of permeable interlocking concrete pavers (2), porous concrete (1), or concrete grid pavers (1). One site of each pavement type was monitored for runoff reduction for periods ranging from 10 to 26 months. Measured runoff depths from rainfall events over were used to determine permeable pavement equivalent curve numbers for the sites, which ranged from 45 to 85. Only the two permeable interlocking concrete pavement (PICP) sites were monitored for water quality. Runoff and exfiltrate samples were intended to be collected, in addition to runoff monitoring, from the Swansboro PICP site. However, no runoff was produced during this study from the Swansboro PICP site for rainfall events up to . From exfiltrate concentrations, nutrient retention was estimated to be 3.4 and for total nitrogen and total phosphorus, respectively. For the Goldsboro PICP site, water quality of asphalt runoff and PICP exfiltrate were compared. Analysis of water quality samples from the second site determined that concentrations of total Kjeldahl nitrogen, ammonia, total phosphorus, and zinc were significantly lower in permeable pavement exfiltrate than asphalt runoff.
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Acknowledgments
The writers would like to thank the employees from Mickey’s Pastry Shop in Goldsboro, the Town of Swansboro, the City of Kinston, and the City of Wilmington for assisting with data collection and construction. Grant funds to conduct the study were provided by North Carolina State University Extension, NCDENR and EPA 319. This research is in memoriam of Michael E. Regans (1946–2004), who helped obtain research sites and funding in Goldsboro and Kinston, N.C.
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Journal of Irrigation and Drainage Engineering
Volume 133 • Issue 6 • December 2007
Pages: 583 - 592
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Received: Mar 28, 2006
Accepted: Apr 9, 2007
Published online: Dec 1, 2007
Published in print: Dec 2007
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