Reinforced pervious concrete

Abstract

A pavement such as a road, driveway, sidewalk, parking lot or the like, formed with pervious concrete material and one or more basalt reinforcing members embedded in or positioned below the pervious concrete material. The one or more basalt reinforcing members add structural rigidity to the pervious concrete, making the pervious concrete capable or supporting loads as normally experienced on pavements. The one or more basalt reinforcing members may be basalt rebar rods, or basalt rebar rods having a Figure-Eight shape, or a mesh made of basalt strands. In one example, the pavement may also include a layer of filtration fabric positioned below the basalt reinforcing members. Various methods are described for forming pavements, roads, driveways, sidewalks, parking lots or the like. Such a pavement allows water or moisture to pass through the surface of the pavement and be filtered. Such a pavement reduces flooding and the need for complex storm drainage systems adjacent to the pavement.

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