WINTER SALT AWARENESS WEEK RETURNS JANUARY 22-26
Daily Expert Sessions Educate Waukesha County On Right-Sizing Salt Use on Roads, Sidewalks
(Waukesha, WI) – Salt applied to icy roads, driveways, and parking lots ends up in our water, making our freshwater less and less fresh each year. Just a teaspoon of salt permanently pollutes five gallons of water.
The Wisconsin Salt Wise Partnership is set to spotlight the threats that deicing salt poses to our rivers, lakes, and drinking water. Featuring five speakers over five days, Winter Salt Awareness Week’s daily livestream sessions will address salts in our drinking water, the environmental toll of deicers, actions the Wisconsin DNR is planning, and how residents can get involved. Register online at www.WISaltWise.com.
Winter Salt Awareness Week
January 22 - 26
Daily livestreams 12:30 – 1 pm at www.WISaltWise.com
“Water quality data from Wisconsin’s rivers continue to show significant increase in chloride levels. Too much salt isn’t better or faster, it is just ‘more’: more damaging to our freshwater ecosystems, to our drinking water aquifers, and to our infrastructure and automobiles,” Waukesha County Parks conservation specialist Jayne Jenks said.
Municipalities across Wisconsin are dialing in salt use through improved mechanical removal, calibration, and the precision application of deicers. By focusing on first removing as much snow as possible and then right-sizing salt use, residents and businesses can cut down salt expenditures, protect our freshwater lakes and rivers, and keep pavements safe.
Waukesha County Parks and Land Use is a proud member of the WI Salt Wise Partnership. Learn more about WI Salt Wise and Winter Salt Awareness Week at www.WISaltWise.com.
