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Balancing Safety, Cost, and Environmental Impacts

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Given the environmental harm, infrastructure damage, and health risks linked to salt use, it’s important to find ways to reduce salt application while keeping surfaces safe and controlling costs.

Best Management Practices

Best Management Practices (BMPs) are methods, techniques, or practices that are proven to be effective and practical for preventing or reducing pollution and minimizing environmental impacts, while being economically and technically feasible: