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*[http://clearroads.org/wp-content/uploads/dlm_uploads/11-02_12-30-13-Final-Fact-Sheet.pdf Determining the toxicity of de-icing materials]. (2013). Clear Roads Fact Sheet. | *[http://clearroads.org/wp-content/uploads/dlm_uploads/11-02_12-30-13-Final-Fact-Sheet.pdf Determining the toxicity of de-icing materials]. (2013). Clear Roads Fact Sheet. | ||
*[http://www.dot.state.mn.us/products/snow_ice/index.html Guide to Field-Testing Deicing and Anti-Icing Chemicals]. Minnesota Department of Transportation. | *[http://www.dot.state.mn.us/products/snow_ice/index.html Guide to Field-Testing Deicing and Anti-Icing Chemicals]. Minnesota Department of Transportation. | ||
| − | *Highway Deicing: Comparing Salt and Calcium Magnesium Acetate. | + | *[http://onlinepubs.trb.org/onlinepubs/sr/sr235/00i-012.pdf Highway Deicing: Comparing Salt and Calcium Magnesium Acetate]. 1991. Special Report 235, p. 11. Washington, D.C.: Transportation Research Board, National Research Council. |
*Johnson, G.R. & Sucoff, E. (2015).[http://www.extension.umn.edu/garden/yard-garden/trees-shrubs/minimizing-de-icing-salt-injury-to-trees/ Minimizing De-icing Salt Damage to Trees]. University of Minnesota Extension. | *Johnson, G.R. & Sucoff, E. (2015).[http://www.extension.umn.edu/garden/yard-garden/trees-shrubs/minimizing-de-icing-salt-injury-to-trees/ Minimizing De-icing Salt Damage to Trees]. University of Minnesota Extension. | ||
*Katz, D.B. (2015). [http://www.sima.org/news2/2015/04/01/road-map-to-liquids Road maps to liquids]. [Snow and Ice Maintenance Association website publication]. | *Katz, D.B. (2015). [http://www.sima.org/news2/2015/04/01/road-map-to-liquids Road maps to liquids]. [Snow and Ice Maintenance Association website publication]. | ||
Revision as of 19:15, 1 March 2016
Training and technical assistance
- Anti-icing Equipment: Recommendations and Modifications. Iowa Department of Transportation. Includes drawings for shop-made equipment.
- AASHTO Snow and Ice Pooled Fund Cooperative. Snow and Ice List Serve.
- Amsler Sr., D. E. (2004). “Are You Using the Right Amount of Ice Control Chemical?” Salt & Highway Deicing, Vol. 40, No. 2.
- Approved product list. (2014-2015). Minnesota Department of Transportation, St. Paul, MN.
- Axler, R. (n.d.) How Much Salt is a Problem? Lake Superior Duluth Streams.
- Blackburn, R.; Amsler, D; & Bauer, K. (2003, July). Guidelines for Snow and Ice Control. [Power Point]. Presented at 10th AASHTO/TRB Maintenance Management Conference, Duluth MN.
- Blackburn, R., Bauer, K., Amsler, D. E., Boselly, S. E., McElroy, A. D. (2004). Snow and ice control: Guidelines for materials and methods. National Cooperative Highway Research Program Report 526. Transportation Board: Washington, D.C.
- Calibration Procedures Manual. (2000-2001) Circuit Training and Assistance Program (CTAP).
- The Circuit Training and Assistance Program (CTAP), a joint program of MN/DOT and the Minnesota Local Technical Assistance Program (LTAP). Brings training to cities, counties and townships.
- Correlating Lab Testing and Field Performance for De-icing and Anti-icing Chemicals. [Final report]. (2010, August 31). Western Transportation Institute for Wisconsin Department of Transportation and Clear Roads.
- Determining the toxicity of de-icing materials. (2013). Clear Roads Fact Sheet.
- Guide to Field-Testing Deicing and Anti-Icing Chemicals. Minnesota Department of Transportation.
- Highway Deicing: Comparing Salt and Calcium Magnesium Acetate. 1991. Special Report 235, p. 11. Washington, D.C.: Transportation Research Board, National Research Council.
- Johnson, G.R. & Sucoff, E. (2015).Minimizing De-icing Salt Damage to Trees. University of Minnesota Extension.
- Katz, D.B. (2015). Road maps to liquids. [Snow and Ice Maintenance Association website publication].
- Managing Street Sweepings. (1997, September). Minnesota Pollution Control Fact Sheet w-sw4-54.
- Manual of practice for an effective anti-icing program: A guide for highway winter maintenance personnel. (1996). Washington, D.C.: Federal Highway Administration.
- Minnesota Snow and Ice Control Field Handbook for Snowplow Operators. (2012, October).
- Minnesota’s Stormwater Manual. (2005, November). Minnesota Pollution Control Agency.
- National Weather Service
- Nixon, W.A. (2004, January). “Snow-How.” Snow & Ice Manager. Primedia Business Magazines and Media.
- Pacific Northwest Snowfighters.
- Parker, J. Liquids, How to get Started. (2006). [Power Point]. Presented at the Snow and Ice Management Association’s Snow and Ice Symposium.
- Plant selector tool. [Interactive program on-line]. Minnesota Department of Transportation. Allows you to select plants for many conditions including high salt areas.
- Practical Guide for Storing and Handling Deicing Salt. (2006). Alexandria, VA: Salt Institute.
- Protecting Water Quality in Urban, Chapter 7 – Pollution Prevention. (2000, March 1). Minnesota Pollution Control Agency. Information on street sweeping and re-use of sweepings.
- RWIS – Road Weather and Information System. [Internet-based weather service]. MN/DOT. Information comes from sensors embedded in state highways.
- Salt Institute. Calibration Instructions [with downloadable Excel worksheet].
- Snow & Ice Control 2014. Cornell Local Roads Program: New York LTAP Center. .
- Snow and Ice Management Association (SIMA)
- Transportation Association of Canada. Syntheses of Best Practices-Road Salt Management:
- Twin Cities Metro Area Chloride Management Plan. [Power Point]. (2013, February 7).
- Winter Chemical Catalog. (n.d.) Minnesota Department of Transportation, St. Paul, MN.
- Winter Maintenance training for parking lots and sidewalks Also Winter Maintenance for Roads training. Fortin Consulting Inc. 763-478-3606. connie@fortinconsulting.com and
- Winter Maintenance Voluntary Certification Program. Minnesota Pollution Control Agency.
- Winter Operations. (2010). [Website]. University of New Hampshire Technology Transfer Center. .
Websites: more information on deicers
- Alternatives to Sodium Chloride. [Website]. Bard Center for environmental Policy.
- Break the Ice: Comparison of Ice Melting Chemicals (2006). Peters Chemical Company.
- Fischel, M. Evaluation of Selected Deicers Based on a Review of the Literature. Report No. CDOT-DTD-R-2001-15 Final Report (2001, October 31). The SeaCrest Group for the Colorado Department of Transportation Research Branch.
- Greenawalt, L. (2006, July 1). Clean Melt: A Scientific Primer on Deicers Clean Link website.
- Holt, M. (2013, November 22). When it comes to Deicing, Not all Salt is Created Equal. Cornell University Cooperative Extension website. http://blogs.cornell.edu/ccecattall/2013/11/22/when-it-comes-to-deicing-not-all-salt-is-created-equal/
- Ice Melting 101: The Truth about Melting Ice and Snow (2015). [Brochure]. Dri-Now Products website.
- Winter Maintenance: Choosing a Deicer (n.d.) [brochure, on-line] Nine Mile Creek Watershed District.