Changes

Following the designation of chloride as a toxic substance, the Government of Canada established a Code of Practice for the Environmental Management of Road Salts under CEPA to help municipalities and other road authorities to better manage road salt use and reduce the adverse impacts of chloride, which maintaining road safety (Environment Canada, 2004)<ref>Environment Canada. 2004. Code of Practice for the Environmental Management of Road Salts. Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999 (CEPA 1999). April 2004. EPS 1/CC/5. https://publications.gc.ca/collections/collection_2012/ec/En49-31-1-5-eng.pdf</ref>.

Following the designation of chloride as a toxic substance, the Government of Canada established a Code of Practice for the Environmental Management of Road Salts under CEPA to help municipalities and other road authorities to better manage road salt use and reduce the adverse impacts of chloride, which maintaining road safety (Environment Canada, 2004)<ref>Environment Canada. 2004. Code of Practice for the Environmental Management of Road Salts. Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999 (CEPA 1999). April 2004. EPS 1/CC/5. https://publications.gc.ca/collections/collection_2012/ec/En49-31-1-5-eng.pdf</ref>.

The Code recommended, on a voluntary basis, that road authorities and municipalities applying more than 500 tonnes of road salt per develop salt management plans and implement best management practices for salt application, salt storage and snow disposal as described in the Transportation Association of Canada’s (TAC) Synthesis of Salt Management Best Practices (TAC, 2015)<ref>Transportation Association Canada (TAC). 2013. Syntheses of Best Practices

The Code recommended, on a voluntary basis, that road authorities and municipalities applying more than 500 tonnes of road salt per develop salt management plans and implement best management practices for salt application, salt storage and snow disposal as described in the Transportation Association of Canada’s (TAC) Synthesis of Salt Management Best Practices (TAC, 2013)<ref>Transportation Association Canada (TAC). 2013. Syntheses of Best Practices

Road Salt Management - Salt Management Plans. April 2013. https://sustainabletechnologies.ca/app/uploads/2022/02/roadsalt-tac-full-doc.pdf</ref>. The Code does not address the use of road salt on parking lots and private property or its use as a dust suppressant but a Best Practice document specifically for these areas was developed by TAC in 2013.

Road Salt Management - Salt Management Plans. April 2013. https://sustainabletechnologies.ca/app/uploads/2022/02/roadsalt-tac-full-doc.pdf</ref>. The Code does not address the use of road salt on parking lots and private property or its use as a dust suppressant but a Best Practice document specifically for these areas was developed by TAC in 2013.

|'''Pre-Wetting'''

|'''Pre-Wetting'''

|Applying a concentrated liquid anti-icing  rock salt at the spinner or chute increases moisture content, which in turn promotes quicker activation and better adherence of salt to pavements.     

|Applying a concentrated liquid anti-icing  rock salt at the spinner or chute increases moisture content, which in turn promotes quicker activation and better adherence of salt to pavements.     

|Reduces salt use by approximately 20% (STEP, 2022).  Similar benefits may be accomplished by pre-treating salt stockpiles with liquid or using proprietary pre-treated salt products.

|Reduces salt use by approximately 20%.  Similar benefits may be accomplished by pre-treating salt stockpiles with liquid or using proprietary pre-treated salt products.

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|'''Ground Speed Controllers'''

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For more information on the practices and research supporting the suggested benefits, see [STEP, 2022]<ref name="example6" /> and [TAC, 2013], and associated reference materials.

For more information on the practices and research supporting the suggested benefits, see [https://sustainabletechnologies.ca/app/uploads/2022/04/Snow-and-Ice-Control-BMPs-for-Parking-lots-and-Sidewalks.pdf STEP, 2022]<ref name="example6" /> and [ https://sustainabletechnologies.ca/app/uploads/2022/02/roadsalt-tac-full-doc.pdf TAC, 2013], and associated reference materials.

==Salt Alternatives==

==Salt Alternatives==