Porous Asphalt Can Alter Winter Runoff Treatment in Cold Climates
Sediment, petroleum hydrocarbons, and de-icing chlorides flow straight into fragile watersheds when heavy rain, snowmelt, and chemical runoff hit impervious asphalt. For decades, municipal planners treated stormwater management as a simple piping problem: water falls, hits the surface, and flows directly into local streams. That dynamic is facing a rigorous academic challenge. Researchers have spent … Read more