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Pervious Concrete:

Installation, Efficacy, and Economics

Wednesday August 17, 2005

Litchfield Campus of Coastal Carolina University

Sponsored by the North Inlet – Winyah Bay Coastal Training Program (CTP)*,

In partnership with Coastal Carolina University’s Waccamaw Watershed Academy*

*Core education provider in the Coastal Waccamaw Stormwater Education Consortium

Pervious Concrete—when properly installed and maintained—is an efficient, cost-effective, and underutilized tool for managing stormwater runoff. By allowing stormwater to infiltrate in areas that are conventionally covered with impervious materials (such as parking lots, driveways, and sidewalks), pervious concrete can greatly increase on-site retention of stormwater, thus reducing the need for off-site stormwater detention or treatment and helping to protect the quality of down stream natural waterways. This training event is intended to provide the design, engineering, and stormwater management communities with participatory, technical training about the use of pervious concrete for stormwater management.

*Go to Pervious Concrete Reference Tools

Agenda

8:30 Registration and Sign-In

9:00 Welcome and Overview

Jeff Pollack, North Inlet-Winyah Bay Coastal Training Program

9:15 Pervious Concrete: Introduction and Overview

Bill Arent, P.E., Carolinas Ready Mix Concrete Association

9:45 Current Research Review of Pervious Concrete: Material Properties

and Environmental Applications for Runoff Control

Dr. Liv Haselbach, Civil & Environmental Engineering Department, USC

10:30 BREAK

10:45 Economic Comparison of Pervious Concrete to Conventional