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Posts tagged "chloride"

Grants Available for Chloride Reduction Equipment

Posted by PLSLWD Staff - January 21, 2021 - News

Funds are available through the Scott SWCD to help Scott County organizations and private winter maintenance contractors purchase winter de-icing equipment. Reduce your salt use today to save money and help protect local lakes & streams from salt pollution.

Grants provide up to $3,000 to purchase:

  • Salting shields
  • Liquid-based salt tanks and sprayers
  • High precision applicators
  • Changing from granular salt application to brine application

Eligible applicants include:

  • Private winter maintenance contractor
  • Non-profit organization who does their own winter maintenance on parking lots & sidewalks
  • Public & private school districts

Visit www.scottswcd.org/chloride for official application and program details.

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Salt Smartly This Winter: Free Homeowner Workshop Dec 15

Posted by PLSLWD Staff - December 8, 2020 - News

Join the Scott SWCD and the Scott Watershed Management Organization (WMO) for a new FREE Homeowner Strategies to Reduce Salt Pollution webinar!

Learn the best winter maintenance strategies to save you money, protect your property from salt damage, and keep harmful chlorides out of our lakes and streams. It only takes 1 teaspoon of salt to permanently pollute five gallons of water. Let’s keep the freshwater of our lakes and streams fresh!

The event will be held via Zoom on December 15th, from 6:30-7:30 PM. To register, call the Scott SWCD Education Specialist, Shelby Roberts at 952-492-5448 or click HERE to register online. Pre-registration is required.

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The District covers about 42 square miles in Scott County, MN. Water in the PLSLWD flows mainly from the southwest to the northeast through Spring, Upper Prior and Lower Prior Lakes, and then north through the Prior Lake Outlet Channel to the Minnesota River near Valley Fair amusement park.
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