Reducing Stormwater Runoff with Biochar Addition to Roadway Soils

To operate existing roadways and construct new ones, departments of transportation (DOTs) and other transportation agencies must meet increasingly stringent regulations for stormwater runoff.

The TRB Highway Innovations Deserving Exploratory Analysis (IDEA) Program's Reducing Stormwater Runoff with Biochar Addition to Roadway Soils proposes an entirely new green technology is proposed that has the potential to dramatically reduce stormwater runoff volume on roadways.