Water Bleeding and Pumping

Description

Seeping or ejection of water from beneath the pavement through cracks or joints. In some cases detectable by deposits of fine material left on the pavement surface, which were eroded (pumped) from the support layers and have stained the surface.

Severity Levels

Not applicable. Severity levels are not used because the amount and degree of water bleeding and pumping changes with varying moisture conditions.

How to Measure

Record the number of occurrences of water bleeding and pumping and the length in meters of affected pavement with a minimum length of 1 m.

Note: The combined quantity of water bleeding and pumping cannot exceed the length of the test section.