MPCA Smart Salting: Roads Certification Training Oct 6
About this Event
This MPCA Smart Salting for Roads Certification Training offers more efficient winter maintenance best practices for plowing, deicing and anti-icing application, storage, and more. The chloride requirements in the 2020 MS4 permit will also be covered. Participants will learn how to integrate science with practical winter maintenance on roads while minimizing impacts on the environment.
Who should attend:
- City, county, or state plow drivers
- Private winter maintenance contractors and staff
- Those who supervise winter maintenance professionals
What you'll learn:
- Environmental impacts of chloride
- Plowing and physical removal
- Calculating application rates
- Equipment calibration
- Use real-time weather condition information more efficiently
- BMPs for storing materials
- De-icing and anti-icing
- Customer and staff educational resources
The MPCA Smart Salting for Roads Certification test will be offered at the end of training. Those that pass will be listed on the MPCA Smart Salting Training webpage. The certification is valid for five years.
Registration closes Tuesday, September 29th at 5pm.
This is an in-person training, lunch is provided.
Training questions? Contact the MPCA Smart Salting Training Program [email protected]
This training is hosted by the MPCA Chloride Reduction and Mississippi Watershed Management Organization . Funding for training development is provided by MPCA through the Clean Water Fund.
Where is it happening?
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