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{{alert|*16th Annual Road Salt Symposium, Thursday, '''February 2, 2017''' from 8:00 am to 3:00 pm at the Mounds View Event Center in Mounds View.  For more information, and to register, go to [http://freshwater.org/annual-road-salt-symposium-fights-chloride-pollution/ the Freshwater Society's web site.]|alert-info}}
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{{alert|16th Annual Road Salt Symposium, Thursday, '''February 2, 2017''' from 8:00 am to 3:00 pm at the Mounds View Event Center in Mounds View.  For more information, and to register, go to [http://freshwater.org/annual-road-salt-symposium-fights-chloride-pollution/ the Freshwater Society's web site.]|alert-info}}
  
 
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Revision as of 19:52, 12 January 2017

Information: 16th Annual Road Salt Symposium, Thursday, February 2, 2017 from 8:00 am to 3:00 pm at the Mounds View Event Center in Mounds View. For more information, and to register, go to the Freshwater Society's web site.
image of salting truck

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.