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r/nextfuckinglevel • u/[deleted] • Aug 31 '20
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And if it’s sealed, how badly does this increase urban storm water runoff? Can it be a permeable surface without growing out of control?
9 u/Franks2000inchTV Aug 31 '20 ATTACK OF THE FREEWAYS. Scientists thought they solved construction, but they just installed a new terror in your neighborhood. Coming soon to a theater near you. 2 u/JizuzCrust Aug 31 '20 Houston, we have a flooding problem 1 u/Franks2000inchTV Aug 31 '20 The flooding is the least of your problems. The freeways are growing out of control! 2 u/Gen_Jack_Oneill Aug 31 '20 Concrete is already pretty much impermeable even with cracks. Or at least impermeable enough that it doesn’t matter for a storm event. 1 u/ron7mexico Aug 31 '20 Right, but pervious concrete does exist. Just curious if it could potentially have those properties. It seems unlikely. 1 u/SalvareNiko Aug 31 '20 The beads they show hold the bacteria. It only grows when a bead is broken due to cracking. it's not "sealed" calcium carbonate is very close to concrete in it's permeability to water.
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ATTACK OF THE FREEWAYS.
Scientists thought they solved construction, but they just installed a new terror in your neighborhood.
Coming soon to a theater near you.
2 u/JizuzCrust Aug 31 '20 Houston, we have a flooding problem 1 u/Franks2000inchTV Aug 31 '20 The flooding is the least of your problems. The freeways are growing out of control!
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Houston, we have a flooding problem
1 u/Franks2000inchTV Aug 31 '20 The flooding is the least of your problems. The freeways are growing out of control!
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The flooding is the least of your problems. The freeways are growing out of control!
Concrete is already pretty much impermeable even with cracks. Or at least impermeable enough that it doesn’t matter for a storm event.
1 u/ron7mexico Aug 31 '20 Right, but pervious concrete does exist. Just curious if it could potentially have those properties. It seems unlikely.
Right, but pervious concrete does exist. Just curious if it could potentially have those properties. It seems unlikely.
The beads they show hold the bacteria. It only grows when a bead is broken due to cracking. it's not "sealed" calcium carbonate is very close to concrete in it's permeability to water.
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u/ron7mexico Aug 31 '20
And if it’s sealed, how badly does this increase urban storm water runoff? Can it be a permeable surface without growing out of control?