Originally posted on 10.05.16 by Jessica Schultz, Fox-Wolf Watershed Alliance.
Winter Parking Lot & Sidewalk Maintenance Workshop
9:00 – 2:00
NEWSC Office
(located inside the Refuge)
1000 N. Ballard Road
Appleton, WI 54911
This workshop is being brought to you by the Northeast Wisconsin Stormwater Consortium (NEWSC)
To learn more about NEWSC and our members, visit us online www.newsc.org
The Winter Parking Lot & Sidewalk Maintenance Workshop is for Winter Maintenance Professionals and Property Managers.
- The power you have today, to make changes, to protect our water.
- The effect of winter maintenance on our lakes and rivers.
- How do de-icers and abrasives work.
- Decisions on anti-icing and de-icing.
- Selection of the best product for the conditions.
- Cost savings tips
The power of winter maintenance professionals is enormous. They are one of the few groups of people that can change the future of our water. One teaspoon of road salt will contaminate 5 gallons of water enough to exceed our federal chronic limit for chlorides. One tandem load of 10 yards of salt will contaminate about 8 million gallons of water. All of the salt we have applied to the roads over the years is still with us, only in our water.
This workshop will provide concrete suggestions for reducing chloride pollution while keeping the roads, parking lots, sidewalks safe. Thousands of winter maintenance professionals have gone through the Minnesota Pollution Control’s certification training, developed by Fortin. Of those attending, 99% said it was “very valuable” and that they would recommend it to others.
