The MPCA (Minnesota Pollution Control Agency) Smart Salting Program is “for winter maintenance and property management professionals seeking to maintain safe surfaces using less salt”.

Topics in the 2/10/2020 bulletin include:

• Several Smart Salting trainings coming up in February (see below)
• The 20th Annual Salt Symposium will be on August 5th, 2020 – topics: the latest chloride research and innovations, water softening, dust control, fertilizers, and more. Registration opens in March.
• Salt success in the news – Wright County Highway Dept
• Free resources to manage public awareness of chloride reduction

Click here to read the bulletin.

Upcoming Smart Salting Trainings:

• Smart Salting for Property Management: 2/11/2020, 9:00 am-1:00 pm, Host: City of Edina
• Parking Lots and Sidewalks Smart Salting Training: 2/12/2020, 9:00 am-1:30 pm, Host: Ceres Environmental
• Parking Lots and Sidewalks Smart Salting Training: 2/18/2020, 9:00 am-1:30 pm, Host: Nine Mile Creek Watershed District
• Parking Lots and Sidewalks Smart Salting Training: 2/26/2020, 9:00 am-1:00 pm, Host: Damel Corporation, Inc.
• Parking Lots and Sidewalks Smart Salting Training: 2/28/2020, 8:00 am-1:00 pm, Host: YMCA-Twin Cities

For registration information and locations, see the bulletin.