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Salt management strategy toolkit available from Virginia DEQ
Published Monday, Apr. 5, 2021, 4:38 pm
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The Virginia Department of Environmental Quality and more than 60 stakeholders in Northern Virginia are still thinking about winter – and reducing the environmental impacts of salt.
During winter weather, the use of salt keeps Virginia’s roads, parking lots and sidewalks safer, businesses and vital services open, and the economy running smoothly. However, unintended impacts can result in harm to aquatic life, corroded infrastructure and property, and increased salt levels in drinking water. Each year, environmental and property damage can cost thousands of dollars per treated lane mile.
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Why snow removal crews are moving away from rock salt
Road crews have been forced to pre-treat and de-ice Central Virginiaâs roads in recent weeks. However, environmentalists are urging localities to take a closer look at what theyâre putting on the roadways. Rock salt is the most abundant and cheapest way to clear the roads, according to the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT). Foresters like John Jastrzembski have studied the environmental impacts that sodium chloride has on Mother Nature. âThereâs no doubt itâs a necessary thing, but there are environmental consequences of using salts,â he explained. âThere are always traces of the salt deposits whether they leach into the waterway or groundwater or move downriver to the Chesapeake Bay.â