Question

What effect does pavement have on water?

Answer 1

Permeable pavements help reestablish a more natural hydrologic balance and reduce runoff volume by trapping and slowly releasing precipitation into the ground instead of allowing it to flow into storm drains and out to receiving waters as effluent.

Answer 2

Answer: Water cannot/is slower to be gradually soaked into it's soil in built environments with large unregulated soils, but rushes the environment, transporting toxins and ecological sewage into our rivers, killing fish, animals and possibly even us.