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Deank wrote:nope. salt has been in use since the 50s.
what else did you think they were using to melt the ice?

JTF wrote:Of course, nobody wants to talk about the environmental effects of dumping tonnes and tons of salt into our ecological systems.

“We constructed this facility in the 2001-2002 winter season to reduce the amount of salt that is emitted into the atmosphere or the environment,” says Ken Boyd, support services engineer for the Winnipeg Public Works Department. “It is part of our Salt Management Plan.” Environment Canada asks that any municipality that uses more than 500 tons of salt on an annual basis develops a salt management plan.

The 100- by 220-foot Cover-All building houses approximately 10,000 tons of winter sand, which is treated with 5 percent sodium chloride. The building also houses 1,000 tons of pure salt. A temperature higher than minus 10 C (14 F) requires the use of the salt to de-ice the streets. For temperatures lower than minus 10 C, the salt-sand mixture is used.

“The climate in Winnipeg is such that the majority of winter we have to use more sand than salt,” Boyd explains. “That’s why we have approximately a 10 to 1 ratio of salt housed in our Cover-All building.”