What's your Watershed?

Can you name your watershed? 

We all live in one; an area that drains to a common waterway, such as a stream, lake, or even the ocean.  Perhaps you're like me and never really thought about it, but why is it we all know our state, our city, and our street, and yet, we have no idea what the name of our watershed is.  

What would you think of someone that didn't know the name of the town they lived in?  You would probably question their mental state.   A better question is, what would it say as to their citizenship?  I've been thinking a lot about this lately and, because we promote low impact development (pervious concrete), I think our watershed should be known.  So here it is, my new address:

Dale Fisher, NPCPA, 125 TownPark Drive, Suite 300, Kennesaw, GA 30144, Etowah Watershed 03150104

Click here to find your watershed.

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DNR Loves Pervious Concrete!

Carroll County will be required to pay more than $100,000 to the Environmental Protection Division of the Georgia Department of Natural Resources.  The EPD is requiring  the County to install pervious concrete along new road. 


Read more: Times-Georgian - County to pay EPD more than $100,000 in fines.http://www.times-georgian.com/view/full_story/9775501/article-County-to-pay-EPD-more-than--100-000-in-fines-?instance=TG_home_story_offset

Mix Challenge

Good answers all!  First increase the stone to 27 CF (dry rodded unit weight x 27) to correct the yield, then, if needed, remove cement to increase voids.