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• • Chloride Usage Education and Reduction Program What is being done to reduce chloride usage? Roads must remain dear to protect public safety, and the Workgroup does not recommend that road salting cease. However, many communities are already employing alternative technologies to deice their roads, such as anti - icing, which applies salt brine to roads when a storm is forecasted, and prevents the formation of ice. Residents can use a similar treatment method by purchasing a deicing alternative to salt available in some grocers or hardware stores. If you must use salt, the Chloride Usage Study recommends employing the "Just Enough" principle — applying just enough salt to keep your property ice -free. What can 1 do to help? • Shovel (or use a snow blower) before you use any product; never put a deicing product on top of snow. • Adopt the' Just Enough" principle, putting down just enough product to keep high traffic areas clear of ice. • Sweep up un- dissolved product after a storm is over for reuse. • Consider switching to a non - chloride deicer. • Support changes in chloride application in your municipality. • Inform a neighbor about the impacts chlorides have in our streams and rivers. Shoveling prior to deicing product application will increase that product's efficiency. Some communities are switching from routine salt application to alternative forms of deicing. This protects the environment while saving communities thousands of dollars. (Photos courtesy Forest Preserve District of DuPage County and City of Naperville) The DuPage River Salt Creek Workgroup The DuPage River Salt Creek Workgroup is a coalition of communities, sanitary districts, environmental organizations, and professionals working to improve the ecological health of Salt Creek and the Upper DuPage River. For more information go to www.DRSCWorg for More information ... For more information, contact the DuPage River Salt Creek Workgroup at: Stephen McCracken The Conservation Foundation 10 S 404 Knoch Knolls Road Naperville, IL 60565 Ph: (630) 768 7427 or (630) 428 4500 ext 18 Fax: (630)428 4599 http: / /www.drscw.org_ Funding for this fact sheet is provided in port by the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency through Section 319 of the Clean Water Act.