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Wednesday, June 3, 2009

Shoreview experiment may eliminate storm drains

Star Tribune - May 25

Shoreview is betting on a new "green'' concrete paving method that lets rainwater pass right through the street surface to prevent damaging runoff.

Pervious concrete -- made of gravel and cement minus the sand that gives regular concrete its impenetrable density -- has the porous quality of a Rice Krispies bar.

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