Methodology Results

I followed the ASTM C1701 standard test method

for infiltration rates of pervious concretes and
pavements. This involves making a ring from one of
the buckets and marking it with two lines 10 mm
and 15 mm from the bottom. This ring is then
sealed to the pavers with plumbers putty. Water
from a calibrated 5-gallon bucket is poured into the
tube keeping the head of the water in between the
two marked lines. The timer starts as soon as the
water contacts the pavers and stops when all of the
water has drained from the pavers.
Figure 1: Graph of infiltration data collected from ten different tests.

Materials
4”x8” concrete pavers
2”x4” boards
Landscaping Fabric
Pea gravel
Chicken wire
Cinderblocks Table 1: Table containing infiltration rate test times and rates.
Five-gallon buckets
Plumbers putty

Finished Pervious Pavers

Cost Analysis

Inside of Containment Ring showing Containment Ring Sealed to

water head lines Pavers
Conclusions
I predicted that pervious pavers with a larger
aggregate used to fill the gaps and fewer layers
would have a higher infiltration rate while cutting
down on costs. Through the tests, this hypothesis
was confirmed. A total of ten tests were conducted
(see Figure 1). The pavers had an average infiltration
rate of 1484.13 in./hr. When compared to the paver
permeability tests conducted by E. Z. Bean, W. F.
Hunt, and D. A. Bidelspach the infiltration rates in my
tests were, on average, 66.94 cm/hr higher than the
highest infiltration rate recorded in their tests on
permeable pavers (Bean, Hunt, and Bidelspach 7).

Performing the Infiltration Test