Road Salt Management

The inorganic chloride salts used on our highways and roads to maintain safe and effective roadways can also negatively impact the environment, including our lakes. The following are links to information about this issue:

• Parkland County Salt Management Policy (PDF)

• Environment and Natural Resources Canada: Code of Practice for environmental management of road salts

• Watersheds Canada: Salting Our Freshwater Ecosystems (PDF)

• Watersheds Canada Recorded Webinar: Salting Our Freshwater Ecosystems

• Road Salt Management in the Sturgeon River Watershed—Summary