Lower Columbia River Field Guide to Water Quality Friendly Development
  IntroductionWhy Is This Important?Techniques and ExamplesIntegrated Site ExamplesResourcesSubmit a Site
             
 

Reduced Impervious Surfaces
Narrow or shared driveway
Narrow parking lot spaces
Narrow travel lanes


Permeable Surfaces
Permeable pavement
Permeable pavers
Turf block
Gravel
Cobbles

Roof Systems
Ecoroof
Roof garden

Rainwater Harvesting Systems
Rain Barrels
Cisterns

Landscape Systems
Trees
Contained planter box
Infiltration planter box
Flow-through planter box
Vegetated/grassy swale
Vegetated filter strip
Vegetated infiltration basin
Sand filter


Subsurface Systems
Soakage trench/dry wells/French drain

Conveyance
Downspout disconnection
Curb alternatives


   

Gravel

Site:
Jamison Square
Owner:
Portland Parks and Recreation
Address:
810 NW 11th Avenue
Portland, OR 97209
Contact:
503.823.7529

  

Comments:
Crushed granite at Jamison square provides a hard, durable, yet permeable surface for Portland’s Jamison Square.

Site:
JoPa Restaurant
Owner:

Address:
4439 SW Beaverton Hillsdale Highway
Portland, OR 97221
Contact:
503.892.6686

  

Comments:
An overflow parking lot at the JoPa parking lot utilizes common, cheap, durable, and permeable gravel for its surface.


Site:
Fulton Park Community Center
Owner:
Portland Parks and Recreation
Address:
68 SW Miles
Portland, OR 97219
Contact:
Cheryl Martin
503.823.3180

  

Comments:
Curb stops can easily be incorporated into a gravel parking lot.