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*[https://www.lsrca.on.ca/parking-lot-guidelines LSRCA's Parking Lot Design Guidelines] <ref>LSRCA. n.d. Parking Lot Design Guidelines. Webpage. Accessed 25, Mar. 25. 2022. https://www.lsrca.on.ca/parking-lot-guidelines</ref>**LSRCA has created a landing page with their partners, which include three key documents:***[https://www.lsrca.on.ca/Shared%20Documents/Parking-Lot-Design-Guidelines/Parking%20Lot%20Design%20Guidelines.pdf Fact Sheet - Parking Lot Guidelines]: Highlights the impacts of elevated chloride levels in freshwater systems in the Lake Simcoe watershed and detailed, bullet-point descriptions of how to design parking lots to limit over application of rock salt.***[https://www.lsrca.on.ca/Shared%20Documents/Parking-Lot-Design-Guidelines/Parking-Lot-Guidelines-Salt-Reduction.pdf Parking Lot design Guidelines - Full Report]: Written in partnership with GHD the Parking Lot Design Guidelines to Promote Salt reduction is the primary document LSRCA uses to provide background on the issue of over salting roads and parking lots, primary design features for owners and contractors to consider, case study and site examples where the guidelines have been followed and Drawings of these sites that can be found on the main Parking Lot Guideline landing page.***[https://www.lsrca.on.ca/Shared%20Documents/Parking-Lot-Design-Guidelines/Policy%20Templates.pdf Municipal Policy Template]: This template document aids municipalities in the drafting of their own parking lot design and salt reduction policy document based on the findings and design guidance from LSRCA's Parking Lot design Guidelines - Full Report, 2017.
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**STEP released a best practices document for winter maintenance contracts for private businesses to help reduce over-salting and ensuring that salt is applied responsibly on parking lots and walkways. The document highlights how an easy way to do this is by ensuring that businesses' snow and ice maintenance contract includes provisions requesting that industry best practices be employed and operators are adequately trained. Furthermore contracts should request evidence of knowledgeable contractor and property management staff, requiring training and certification through the [http://www.smartaboutsalt.com/training Ontario Smart about Salt Program].
**STEP released a best practices document for winter maintenance contracts for private businesses to help reduce over-salting and ensuring that salt is applied responsibly on parking lots and walkways. The document highlights how an easy way to do this is by ensuring that businesses' snow and ice maintenance contract includes provisions requesting that industry best practices be employed and operators are adequately trained. Furthermore contracts should request evidence of knowledgeable contractor and property management staff, requiring training and certification through the [http://www.smartaboutsalt.com/training Ontario Smart about Salt Program].
*[https://sustainabletechnologies.ca/app/uploads/2016/01/Salt-brochures-v11.pdf Salt Application Verified Equipment (SAVE) Program: Managing Risk While Saving Money]<ref>STEP. 2016. Salt Application Verified Equipment Program: Managing Risk While Saving Money. Brief. https://sustainabletechnologies.ca/app/uploads/2016/01/Salt-brochures-v11.pdf</ref>
*[https://sustainabletechnologies.ca/app/uploads/2016/01/Salt-brochures-v11.pdf Salt Application Verified Equipment Program: Managing Risk While Saving Money]<ref>STEP. 2016. Salt Application Verified Equipment Program: Managing Risk While Saving Money. Brief. https://sustainabletechnologies.ca/app/uploads/2016/01/Salt-brochures-v11.pdf</ref>
**The Salt Application Verified Equipment (SAVE) Program was developed to make the process of applying salt less subjective and encourage contractors providing snow and ice management services for parking lots and sidewalks to apply salt more efficiently. Through the program, salt spreading equipment is calibrated according to a standard test procedure, and contractors undertake in-field training to ensure familiarity with how to operate their equipment in a manner that achieves pre-determined target salt application rates. Equipment operators obtain annually renewable license and plate stickers to confirm that their equipment has been verified. The list of contractors with calibrated equipment is made available on-line for facility managers, property owners and property management companies to use in the procurement of snow and ice maintenance contracts for their properties. To learn more about the program click [https://sustainabletechnologies.ca/home/urban-runoff-green-infrastructure/pollution-prevention/road-salt-management/salt-application-verified-equipment-save-program/#:~:text=The%20SAVE%20program%20was%20developed,to%20apply%20salt%20more%20efficiently Here]. And for further updates to the program's verification process visit [https://smartaboutsalt.com/Program-Verification SASC's page here].
**The Salt Application Verified Equipment (SAVE) Program was developed to make the process of applying salt less subjective and encourage contractors providing snow and ice management services for parking lots and sidewalks to apply salt more efficiently. Through the program, salt spreading equipment is calibrated according to a standard test procedure, and contractors undertake in-field training to ensure familiarity with how to operate their equipment in a manner that achieves pre-determined target salt application rates. Equipment operators obtain annually renewable license and plate stickers to confirm that their equipment has been verified. The list of contractors with calibrated equipment is made available on-line for facility managers, property owners and property management companies to use in the procurement of snow and ice maintenance contracts for their properties. To learn more about the program click [https://sustainabletechnologies.ca/home/urban-runoff-green-infrastructure/pollution-prevention/road-salt-management/salt-application-verified-equipment-save-program/#:~:text=The%20SAVE%20program%20was%20developed,to%20apply%20salt%20more%20efficiently Here]. And for further updates to the program's verification process visit [https://smartaboutsalt.com/Program-Verification SASC's page here].