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[[file:Check it out.png|200px|thumb|alt=check it out image|<font size=3>For information on model snow and ice policies and examples, [https://stormwater.pca.state.mn.us/index.php/Smart_Salting_(S2)_training_information#Model_Snow_and_Ice_Policies click on this link].</font size>]]
  
 
MPCA recommends a low-salt diet for Minnesota waters. Doctors tell us to stick to a low-salt diet. Our lakes and streams should follow the same advice. When winter comes and snow and ice build up on Minnesota roads, parking lots, and sidewalks, one of the most common reactions is to apply salt, which contains chloride, a water pollutant.
 
MPCA recommends a low-salt diet for Minnesota waters. Doctors tell us to stick to a low-salt diet. Our lakes and streams should follow the same advice. When winter comes and snow and ice build up on Minnesota roads, parking lots, and sidewalks, one of the most common reactions is to apply salt, which contains chloride, a water pollutant.
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The following table of contents summarizes pages and sections in the manual that address road salt, Smart Salting (S2), and winter maintenance.
 
The following table of contents summarizes pages and sections in the manual that address road salt, Smart Salting (S2), and winter maintenance.
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*Overview and impacts of road salt and deicers
 
*Overview and impacts of road salt and deicers
 
**[[How salt works and overview of deicing chemicals]]
 
**[[How salt works and overview of deicing chemicals]]
 
**[[Environmental impacts of road salt and other de-icing chemicals]]
 
**[[Environmental impacts of road salt and other de-icing chemicals]]
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**[[Other impacts of road salt use]]
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**[[Other impacts of deicer use]]
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*Smart Salting Best Management Practices (BMPs) (coming soon)
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*[[Information on costs and economic impacts of road salt]]
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**[[Salt application BMPs]]
 
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**[[Technology-based deicing BMPs]]
 
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**[[Non-chloride chemical alternatives for deicing]]
 
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**[[Emerging and non-traditional deicing BMPs]]-->
 
 
*Management tools
 
*Management tools
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**[[Chloride Management Plan]]
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**[https://www.pca.state.mn.us/sites/default/files/wq-s1-94.pdf Minnesota Statewide Chloride Management Plan]  
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**[[Winter Maintenance Assessment tool (WMAt)]]
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**[[Smart Salting Assessment tool (SSAt)]]
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*Smart Salting (S2) training program
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**[https://www.pca.state.mn.us/water/statewide-chloride-resources Model Ordinances]
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**[[Winter Parking Lot and Sidewalk Maintenance Manual]]
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***[[File:Model Snow Ice Policy.docx|Model snow ice policy]]
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**[[Winter Parking Lot and Sidewalk Maintenance Factsheet]]
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**[https://www.pca.state.mn.us/water/statewide-chloride-resources Model Snow and Ice Policies]  
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**[[Smart Salting (S2) training information]]
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*MPCA Smart Salting Training Program
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**[[Smart Salting (S2) training certificate holders]]
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**[https://www.pca.state.mn.us/water/smart-salting-training Smart Salting Training Program]  
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**[http://www.lrrb.org/media/reports/200501REV.pdf Minnesota snow and ice control - Field handbook for snowplow operators]
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**[https://www.pca.state.mn.us/water/smart-salting-training-calendar/2021-01 Smart Salting Training Calendar]  
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*[[Educational resources for Smart Salting (S2)]]
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**[https://www.pca.state.mn.us/water/salt-applicators Resources for Winter Maintenance Professionals]  
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<!--[[Cost-benefit considerations for Smart Salting (S2) and road salt winter maintenance]]
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**[https://www.pca.state.mn.us/water/statewide-chloride-resources Chloride Reduction Assistance]  
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*[[Case studies for Smart Salting (S2) and road salt winter maintenance]]-->
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*Education Resources
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*[[Success stories: salt reduction and cost saving examples]]
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**[[Educational resources for Smart Salting (S2)]]. For more information on chloride resources, see [https://www.pca.state.mn.us/water/statewide-chloride-resources Statewide chloride resources]
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*[[Information on costs and economic impacts of road salt]]
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**[[Success stories: salt reduction and cost saving examples]]
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*[[Chloride TMDL projects]]
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**[https://www.pca.state.mn.us/water/statewide-chloride-resources Technical reports and Chloride TMDLs]
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*[[Links for Smart Salting (S2) and road salt winter maintenance]]
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**[https://www.pca.state.mn.us/water/water-permit-holders-and-chloride Chloride and NPDES Permits]  
 
*[[References for Smart Salting (S2) and road salt winter maintenance]]
 
*[[References for Smart Salting (S2) and road salt winter maintenance]]
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*Chloride and groundwater
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**[https://www.mgwa.org/documents/whitepapers/impacts_of_stormwater_infiltration_on_chloride_in_minnesota_groundwater.pdf Impacts of stormwater infiltration on chloride in Minnesota groundwater] - White paper produced for the Minnesota Groundwater Association
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**[https://stormwater.pca.state.mn.us/index.php?title=File:Chloride_groundwater_loading_calculator.xlsx Calculator for estimating chloride loading to groundwater]
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**[[Guidance for calculator to estimate chloride loading to groundwater from infiltration]]
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[[Category:Level 2 - Management/Winter management]]
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[[Category:Level 2 - Pollutants/Chloride]]

Latest revision as of 14:33, 23 November 2022

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For information on model snow and ice policies and examples, click on this link.

MPCA recommends a low-salt diet for Minnesota waters. Doctors tell us to stick to a low-salt diet. Our lakes and streams should follow the same advice. When winter comes and snow and ice build up on Minnesota roads, parking lots, and sidewalks, one of the most common reactions is to apply salt, which contains chloride, a water pollutant.

Salt pollutes. When snow and ice melts, the salt goes with it, washing into our lakes, streams, wetlands, and groundwater. It takes only one teaspoon of road salt to permanently pollute 5 gallons of water. Once in the water, there is no way to remove the chloride, and at high concentrations, chloride can harm fish and plant life. Less is more when it comes to applying road salt.

The following table of contents summarizes pages and sections in the manual that address road salt, Smart Salting (S2), and winter maintenance.

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