Permeable Parking Lot Project The US EPA's Permeable Parking Lot
project was completed in October 2009 at the EPA Edison Research
Facility in Edison, NJ. The permeable parking lot is made of 3
different surfaces that capture rain and collect the runoff in a
basin beneath the parking lot. The parking lot helps the
environment because it reduces storm water volume flowing to
receiving waters, improves water quality by removing solids and
other environmental contaminants, and helps to reduce urban heat
island effects that occur with conventional parking lots. As
part of on going research, all of these features will be
monitored over time.