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The Urban Issues workgroup of the Partnership has made the impact of roadway salts and de-icers on drinking water sources a priority issue. The workgroup has prepared a list of resources on roadway and airport deicing activities. This includes information for professionals and the public interested in de-icing operations, their impacts, and measures to reduce winter-weather related chemical usage.
Roadway Deicing and Impacts to Drinking Water Sources and the Environment
Managing Highway Deicing to Prevent Contamination of Drinking Water (EPA, 2002)
Study: Road Salt Found in Minn. Waters (Water and Wastewater News, 2009)
Winter Weather, Chemical Deicers and the Chesapeake Bay (MD Department of the Environment)
Deicing (Environmental Literacy Council, 2008)
Effects of Road Deicing on Environment (Newswise, 2004)
Deicing Compounds and Utah Landscapes (Utah State University Extension, 1999)
Environmental impact of deicing road salt on blueberry fields: Preliminary evaluation of the Ottawa County Road Commission Road Salt Management Program implementation (Integrated Pest Management Resources, 2006)
Road Salting: The implications for the roadside environment (University of York, 2006)
Best Practices for the Homeowner - Using Deicers Safely
Safer De-icing Chemicals (Mother Earth News, 2003)
Deicers and Storm Water Runoff
Minimizing Effects from Highway Deicing (EPA, 1999)
Impacts of Salt and Sand (University of Michigan, 2008)
Airport Deicing
Managing Aircraft and Airfield Deicing Operations to Prevent Contamination of Drinking Water (EPA, 2002)
Anti-icers make airport runoff toxic (Geotimes, 2007)
Common Roadway Deicers and Alternatives
Deicers for Walkways & Roads (University of Missouri Outreach & Extension, 2007)
Roadway Deicing and the Environment (Government Engineering, 2005)
Highway Deicing – Comparing Salt and Calcium Magnesium Acetate (Transportation Research Board, 1991)
Winter Operations Training Resources
Clear Roads CBT Training Series – American Public Works Association
Snowfighter Training – Salt Institute
Massachusetts Highway Department
Reduced Salt Areas near Water Supply
State Transportation Agencies – Winter Weather Information
District of Columbia
Maryland
Pennsylvania
Virginia
West Virginia
Partnership Activities
In addition to addressing deicing practices in the Potomac basin, the Urban Issues group also looks at a variety of issues that impact water quality as a result of urban landscapes.
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