Increased urbanization has an impact on increased impervious surface, consequently the urban drainage system becomes gradually overloaded, with frequent spills and inundate urban areas. Upgrade or re-design the existing drainage system is not an effective solution because it does not address the source of the problem. It is necessary strategies for urbanization reduction of storm-water runoff. These strategies are aimed to reduce storm-water runoff mainly through water infiltration. One of the strategies is to develop permeable pavement. This study is aimed to test the capacity of permeable pavement through the development of full scale physical models in the parking lot. The results show that proposed permeable pavement are able to significantly reduce volume and peak discharge of storm-water runoff, delay the start of runoff and slow the peak discharge. The application of this proposed permeable pavement in the urban area is strongly recommended to reduce drainage load as well as to increase groundwater recharge.

This paper discusses the use of perforated paving block structure (P2BS) as a pavement structure on the parking lot. Model of P2BS was developed in the field to analyze its capacity in reducing runoff and improving surface runoff quality. The depth and intensity of the rainfall is regulated with a rainfall simulator. The rate of native soil infiltration (natural) was tested with ring infiltrometer. The model's ability to reduce peak discharge and runoff volume, delay time, as well as improve quality of surface runoff was observed. The results show that proposed P2BS are able to significantly reduce runoff volume and peak discharge, delay start runoff and peak discharge time. It is also able to remove pollutants, especially TSS.