A number of federal, state and municipal agencies and organizations have approved the use of Eco-Stone® or other permeable and porous pavements.
STATE
The following states have approved or listed permeable pavements and/or Eco-Stone® as acceptable or approved practices for stormwater management and include detailed information in their Stormwater Management Manuals:
► California
Stormwater Quality Association Stormwater Manual
► Connecticut
Stormwater Manual
► Florida
Development Manual - A Guide to Sound Land and Water Management
► Illinois Urban
Manual - NRCS Practice Standard - Permeable Pavement
► Massachusetts
Department of Environmental Protection - Massachusetts Nonpoint Source
Pollution
Management Manual
► Minnesota Office
of Environmental Assistance
► New Jersey
Stormwater Manual
► New York State
Stormwater Management Design Manual
► Michigan
Stormwater Manual
► Missouri
Department of Natural Resources - Protecting Water Quality Field Guide
► North Carolina
Department of Environment and Natural Resources and Division of Water
Quality
Stormwater Manual
► Pennsylvania
Stormwater Manual (Eco-Stone®
and Turfstone)
► Washington State
Department of Ecology - Stormwater Manual for Western Washington
► Wyoming
Department of Environmental Quality
FEDERAL AGENCIES
► Environmental
Protection Agency - Approved Best Management Practice
► EPA National
Management Measures to Control Non-Point Source Pollution from Urban Areas
► U.S. Department
of Energy - Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy
► City of Chicago,
IL
► Cleveland Regional Transit Authority
(Eco-Stone®)
► Dallas/Ft. Worth,
TX - North Central Texas Council of Governments
► King County,
Seattle, WA (Eco-Stone®)
► Knoxville, TN
► Los Angeles, CA
► Milwaukee, WI -
Milwaukee Green Team and Wisconsin Green Building Alliance
► Nashville, TN -
Porous Pavement Resolution
► Olympia, WA
Stormwater Manual (Eco-Stone® and Turfstone)
► Portland, OR
(Eco-Stone® and Ecoloc®)
► Puget Sound, WA
(Eco-Stone®)
► Redwood City,
Woodland, CA
► Santa Monica, CA
(Eco-Stone® and Turfstone/Turfblock)
► Scottsdale, AZ
(Eco-Stone®)
► Toronto, Ontario
(Eco-Stone®)
► Truckee Meadows,
NV - Regional Stormwater Quality Management Program and LID Handbook
► Urban Drainage
and Flood Control District, Denver, CO (Eco-Stone®/Turfstone)
► Wilton Manors, FL
(Eco-Stone®)
► American Rivers, Catching the Rain
► Bay Area
Stormwater Management Agencies Association, Berkeley, CA (Eco-Stone® and Turfstone)
► Center for
Watershed Protection
► D.C. Greenworks
► Eco-City
Cleveland, OH
► Green Resource
Center, Berkeley, CA
► Lower Columbia
River Estuary Partnership, OR
► Low Impact
Development Center, Beltsville, MD
► New York Public
Interest Research Group Fund Watershed Protection, New York, NY (Eco-Stone®)
► Non-Point
Education for Municipal Officials (NEMO) (Eco-Stone®)
► The Concrete
Network (Eco-Stone®/Turfstone)
► U.S. Climate
Change Technology Program - Reducing Urban Heat Islands