Cost And Time Control In Storm Water Management Using Pervious Concrete

Pervious concrete is a comparatively new concept for metro city pavement because of problems in urban area related to low ground water table, storm water management etc. Pervious concrete has introduced in metro cities as a road pavement material. Pervious concrete as a paving material has seen renewed interest due to its ability to allow water percolate through itself to recharge groundwater table and reduced storm water runoff. In metro cities cost consideration is the primary factor. Maintenance of costly storm water management system is difficult to execute in cities due to its large population. Pervious concrete pavement is irreplaceable and effective means to meet growing environmental and population demand. It allows runoff to percolate through itself and meet to the ground water table. Infiltration of storm water is totally depend upon the soil character and its permeability. In absence of low permeable soil pervious concrete is great solution for storm water management. This pervious concrete pavements creates more effective land use by excluding the need for retention ponds, swell, and other costly storm water management devices.In this paper one case study is analyzed. Considering rainfall data, traffic volume data, soil and geotechnical investigation data of a residential colony which was taken as a part of case study, the suitability of Pervious Concrete as pavement material was checked. Cost comparison between conventional method of storm water management and storm water management using pervious concrete pavement is checked.