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pervious surface

Romanian translation: suprafaţă permeabilă

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English term or phrase:pervious surface
Romanian translation:suprafaţă permeabilă

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17:54 Oct 10, 2008
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English term or phrase: pervious surface
Definition from Livable Communities Coalition:
A pervious surface is one that allows water to filter into the ground, which enables natural groundwater to recharge, helps with filtration of pollutants, and reduces erosion and flooding. The use of pervious asphalt and concrete for parking lots, roads and sidewalks is an important part stormwater management that conserves precious natural resources.

Example sentence(s):
  • In cold climates (like Minnesota) snow fall on an existing pervious parking area usually disappears on its own before snow on the adjacent, darker colored, impervious suface. Manual snow removal from this pervious surface has seldom been necessary. In the LEED
  • When rains fall on these pervious surface, it washes the accumulated road oil, grease, and rubber dust into storm drains, and from there directly into streams and rivers, untreated. Greatstreets
  • Clogging of any pervious surface can be a concern. It is highly unlikely a majority of any pervious surface will become 100% clogged. Water will always seek the next point of infiltration. Smokey Point Concrete
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suprafaţă permeabilă
Definition:
O suprafaţă permeabilă este o suprafaţă care permite apei să se infiltreze în pământ.
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suprafaţă permeabilă


Definition from own experience or research:
O suprafaţă permeabilă este o suprafaţă care permite apei să se infiltreze în pământ.

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  • http://www.globalsport.hu/ro/Suprafete_Suprafete_de_gazon_artificial.html Global Sport Edel Standard Pentru terenuri de sport de utilizare generală sau pentru terenuri de mini fotbal. Este aplicabilă în aer liber cât şi în interior. În aer liber necesită asfalt permeabil. - globalsport  
anamaria bulgariu
Romania
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Native speaker of: Native in RomanianRomanian
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