Road Salt? Bah! New Roadway Material Promises A Better Solution to Snow And Ice - If you’ve ever lived somewhere it gets properly cold, you’ll know that winter’s ic... - https://hackaday.com/2023/09/06/road-salt-bah-new-roadway-material-promises-a-better-solution-to-snow-and-ice/ #hackadaycolumns #greenhacks #roadsalt #science #roadway #road

"Road salt, a stealthy pollutant, is damaging Michigan waters"

There is nothing stealthy about it. We've known it's bad for decades.

#news #environment #roadsalt #michigan #pollution

https://www.bridgemi.com/michigan-environment-watch/road-salt-stealthy-pollutant-damaging-michigan-waters

New episode out: A Low-Salt Diet for Our Roads. Sunil Dasgupta talks with Abby Hileman of Izaak Walton League of America’s Salt Watch Program, and Karl Van Neste of Muddy Branch Alliance about how to reduce road salt use: If you can feel the crunch underfoot, you’re using too much salt. Music from Rockville singer-songwriter Gabrielle Zwi Music.

https://youtu.be/-8FCe2d8xuo

#roadsalt #watershed #potomac #Anacostia #chesapeake #chesapeakebay

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Road salt destroys aquatic ecosystems, but it doesn’t have to. Communities in the Lake George area found a solution that cuts their road salt use in half and saves #costs too. It starts with using #brine instead of rock salt. Please share this with your local municipality. #environment #solutions #waterquality #roadsalt
https://undark.org/2021/03/11/road-salt-imperils-aquatic-ecosystems/

Salt is killing our watersheds.

Application of brine is one way to reduce road salt application. Our watersheds are paying the price of over-application of road salt and its good to see heavy users look to ways to reduce application.

NY State DOT has initiated salt reduction programs, and a component of these is pre-storm application of brine for anti-icing.

This is a photo of brine pre-treatment on I-90 in Minden on 15 Nov 22.

#RoadSalt #Watersheds #Chloride

https://www.dot.ny.gov/news/press-releases/2021/2021-11-191