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Read more about [[Dry ponds]] here.
Read more about [[Dry ponds]] here.
==Salt Management==
{{Clickable button|[[File:Salt mgmnt.PNG|120 px|https://sustainabletechnologies.ca/app/uploads/2020/03/Alternatives-to-salt-technical-brief.pdf]]}}
STEP released a technical brief on the alternatives to municipalities across Canada using salt as their primary deicer agent in winter, which has significant impacts (corrosion of infrastructure and other metal structures such as railings and doorways; damage to vehicles; contamination of surface and groundwater; impacts to roadside vegetation; increased wildlife collision rates; and large amounts of product waste due to blowing or bouncing off roadways). Numerous alternatives were tested to see what could feasibly replace the overreliance on rock salt which at a high-level include: chloride deicers, acetate deicers, and agricultural by-products (organics). To read more about the benefits, drawbacks, cost estimates and lowest working temperature for a given deicing agent, click the button above.
Read more about [[Salt management]] here.
==Construction Considerations==
==Construction Considerations==