pervious surface

Ukrainian translation: водопроникна поверхня

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English term or phrase:pervious surface
Ukrainian translation:водопроникна поверхня

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14:54 Oct 29, 2009
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Additional field(s): Construction / Civil Engineering
English term or phrase: pervious surface
Definition from Livable Communities Coalition:
A pervious surface is one that allows water to filter into the ground, which enables natural groundwater to recharge, helps with filtration of pollutants, and reduces erosion and flooding. The use of pervious asphalt and concrete for parking lots, roads and sidewalks is an important part stormwater management that conserves precious natural resources.

Example sentence(s):
  • In cold climates (like Minnesota) snow fall on an existing pervious parking area usually disappears on its own before snow on the adjacent, darker colored, impervious suface. Manual snow removal from this pervious surface has seldom been necessary. In the LEED
  • When rains fall on these pervious surface, it washes the accumulated road oil, grease, and rubber dust into storm drains, and from there directly into streams and rivers, untreated. Greatstreets
  • Clogging of any pervious surface can be a concern. It is highly unlikely a majority of any pervious surface will become 100% clogged. Water will always seek the next point of infiltration. Smokey Point Concrete
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водопроникна поверхня
Definition:
Природна (ґрунтова) або штучна (напр., асфальтова) поверхня, крізь яку може фільтрувати (просочуватися) вода.
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4 +2водопроникна поверхня
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3 days 1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
водопроникна поверхня


Definition from own experience or research:
Природна (ґрунтова) або штучна (напр., асфальтова) поверхня, крізь яку може фільтрувати (просочуватися) вода.

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  • Загальна площа близько 2.400 м2 Водопроникна поверхня з сірого гранітного щебеню дрібної фракції - Edalith Ukraine  
Vadim Khazin
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