ESR11. Assessing Environmental Suitability of New Permeable Pavements in SuDS (EnviSuPP)

Objectives:

To assess potential environmental effects, potential to retain and bioremediate contaminants in new materials for Permeable Pavement Systems (PPS), Sustainable Drainage Systems (SuDS), 100% RA and fast-repairing asphalts (FRACs).

• Task 11.1: identify physicochemical properties, contaminants and toxicity of leachates from new materials and bioremediation solutions.
• Task 11.2: conduct ecological risk assessments of leachates from ESR7, ESR10 and ESR13 generated materials.
• Task 11.3: provide data from previous tasks into a decision framework to identify the most suitable materials, designs and properties of PPS, SuDS, 100% RA and FRACs.

Expected Results:

• Comprehensive analysis of the environmental suitability of new materials for PPS, SuDS, 100% RA and FRACs.
• Manual providing a framework to assess potential environmental impacts associated with new materials.

Host Institutions:

Coventry University

Supervisors:

S. Coupe (COVENT) (Coventry, UNITED KINGDOM)

D. Castro Fresno (UC) (Santander, SPAIN)

M. Zaumanis (CELU) (Kekava, LATVIA)