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Painesville Township Fire Station #3 Parking Lot Demonstration Project

Published: 25 July 2016
Written by Linda Moran
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Permeable pavement excavation and stone subgrade
 
Paver installation
 
Finished project


In spring of 2016, the Painesville Township Fire Station #3 parking lot was renovated and expanded using 1,482 square feet of permeable pavement, a technology that will help to clean and reduce stormwater runoff to Red Creek, the Grand River and Lake Erie.  The permeable pavement helps the parking lot behave more like a natural landscape.  This keeps rainwater out of storm sewers, prevents sewer backups and flooding, and reduces pollution that would otherwise flow to unprotected waterways. 
 
Rain and snow melt passes through the spaces in between and into layers of underlying stone. The water slows down as it flows through the stone layers and pollutants are removed.  Some water soaks into the ground beneath the stone, and some is slowly released to a perforated pipe that carries it to a storm sewer that drains to Red Creek.  In summer, heated water entering streams directly from conventional pavement can harm aquatic life and habitat.  Reducing this thermal loading improves stream health.  In winter, drainage of snowmelt through the pavers could reduce the amount of salt needed, also leading to improved water quality.
 
Chagrin River Watershed Partners, Inc. and Lake County Stormwater Management Department assisted the Township with this project.

This project was financed in part or totally through a grant from the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency under the provisions of the Surface Water Improvement Fund.

 

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Willoughby, OH 44096-0229
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Organized and operated as an Ohio non-profit corporation, Chagrin River Watershed Partners is qualified as a tax exempt entity under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, and is a public charity under Section 509(a)(1) and 170(b)(1)(A)(vi) of the Internal Revenue Code. CRWP delivers beneficial services to local decision makers in the context of a watershed approach. CRWP supports these services with on-going studies of watershed functions, and shares and collaborates with organizations and communities facing similar issues statewide. CRWP is funded by annual dues payments from member communities, foundation grants, and grants from State and Federal agencies. Member dues are based on the amount of land in the watershed and the assessed value of the community.

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