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Posted by:
Jessica Markoff
on 10/19/01 Title:
using salt to melt ice and snow
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Postnum: 19 EntryID:423
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Hi,
I am intrested in learning about the do's and don'ts of using salt to melt ice and snow. If you have any information that could help me please contact me as soon as possible.
Thanks,
Sincerely,
Jessica Markoff
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Posted by:
The Solution Board
on 10/29/01 Title:
Re: using salt to melt ice and snow
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Postnum: 19 EntryID:435
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Have you tried searching using the CanExplore search engine (at http://www.canexplore.gc.ca/)? It searches the websites of: Environment Canada; Natural Resources Canada; Fisheries and Oceans Canada; Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada.
A quick search using the key words 'salt ice snow' for example, resulted in several relevant documents.
Good luck!
Editor
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Posted by:
The Solution Board
on 11/21/01 Title:
Re: using salt to melt ice and snow
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Postnum: 19 EntryID:452
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We just came across this article that contains a lot of good information on minimizing adverse effects of using salt to melt snow and ice (including alternatives) - "Environmental Effects from Highway Ice and Snow Removal Operations." It's a US EPA document but the majority of the article is also relevant in Canada.
http://www.epa.gov/owm/mtb/ice.pdf
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Posted by:
The Solution Board
on 11/24/01 Title:
Re: using salt to melt ice and snow
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Postnum: 19 EntryID:458
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Here is another useful document that we came across while updating our section on water:
Roadsalt and Winter Maintenance for British Columbia Municipalities - Best Management Practices to Protect Water Quality, (updated April 1999) http://www.elp.gov.bc.ca/wat/wq/bmps/roadsalt.html
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Posted by:
The Solution Board
on 12/13/01 Title:
Re: using salt to melt ice and snow
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Postnum: 19 EntryID:474
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Environment Canada now has a comprehensive webpage on roadsalts, including the results of an assessment recently completed on the effects of roadsalt, and the announcement of a 60-day public consultation period beginning December 1, 2001 for comments on whether road salts should be added to Schedule 1 under the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999 (CEPA, 1999).
http://www.ec.gc.ca/issues/roadsalt_e.htm
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