UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE RESEARCH SAYS, 'HOLD THE SALT'
February 14, 2008
February 14, 2008
DURHAM, N.H., Feb. 14 -- The University of New Hampshire issued the following news release:
Researchers from the University of New Hampshire Stormwater Center are testing technologies that may put parking lots on a "low-salt diet" in the future, reducing the amount of salt needed for winter maintenance by as much as 70 percent.
Salt may make road conditions safer after a snowstorm, but it's tough on the environment. On regular asphalt, road salt (sodium c . . .
Researchers from the University of New Hampshire Stormwater Center are testing technologies that may put parking lots on a "low-salt diet" in the future, reducing the amount of salt needed for winter maintenance by as much as 70 percent.
Salt may make road conditions safer after a snowstorm, but it's tough on the environment. On regular asphalt, road salt (sodium c . . .