Compacting the soil makes it less permeable, sparing your wall of potential (and potentially damaging) water weight. If hand-tamping, lay a 1- to 2-in.-thick layer of soil, tamp, then repeat until ...

Vegetable plants need nutrients to produce a healthy crop. Learn how often and when to fertilize your vegetable garden based ...

Succulents add a unique look to your garden, but they also have unique watering needs. Using water globes is a popular ...

The flooding event in June of 2023 was some of the most severe flooding Berwyn had seen in over a decade. However, flood ...

Not all countries have rivers. Due to harsh climates or small size, some nations exist without a single flowing river, relying on alternative sources for water like rainfall, aquifers, or desalination ...

Due to a lack of capacity, treatment plants on site at the two locations were discharging untreated water into surrounding areas with highly permeable soil resulting in “catastrophic ...

Cumberland could've become San Francisco's first fully permeable paved street until engineering issues keeping speed bumps intervened.

This module explores permeable paving as part of a sustainable drainage system solution for housing developments, highlighting the benefits and challenges, alongside best practice guidance for design, ...

A general rule of thumb for most pervious placements is to keep construction traffic (primarily vehicular) away from the pervious pavement area during construction to prevent compaction of any ...

DES disowned a DES-sponsored soil permeability map that showed some 85% of the state has more suitable soils for landfill siting than the GSL site.

Nassar, I. N., & Horton, R. (1992). Simultaneous Transfer of Heat, Water, and Solute in Porous Media I. Theoretical Development. Soil Science Society of America ...

Often, when the porous section of pavement goes in near the curb, the city will also make the adjacent tree pits bigger, exposing more soil, which helps with rain absorption.