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Vancouver Sun: Drier summers in the Lower Mainland will require communities to find new ways to conserve water in the coming decades, says a major new study on climate change adaptation released Monday.
That water conservation could include porous parking lot surfaces and roads without curbs.
Both would allow water normally lost in storm sewers to replenish groundwater aquifers, said the 150-page report.
A porous asphalt parking lot uses larger pieces of gravel and less tar, which allows more water to......
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Drier summers in the Lower Mainland will require new ways to conserve water: Study
Posted by Vancouver Sun: Gordon Hoekstra and Jeff Lee on June 12th, 2012
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