Resources for Salt Applicators
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Maryland Smart Salting Professional Training
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This hybrid training and certification program focuses on winter salt use onprivate/public parking lots, sidewalks and small roads. Winter maintenance professionals will learn best practices to reduce their salt use while maintaining safety. The training is based on the
Enhanced Winter Maintenance Training Manual: A guide to Smart Salting practices that protect our waterways, infrastructure, and health. For more details about the training, click here. A virtual information session was held on Monday, September 30th that provided instructions on how to enroll in the training program. If you missed the informational session and want to view it, it is accessible here.
Maryland Highway Administration
Maryland Department of Transportation State Highway Administration (SHA) has already shown progress in road salt reductions after adopting new opportunities for improvement. These practices include increased proactive anti-icing, tracking salt usage and application rates, and deploying new equipment with Automatic Vehicle Location systems to improve communications. SHA updated their Statewide Salt Management Plan in 2019 to increase safety, reduce costs, and improve the environment.
Other State Training Resources
Minnesota Salt Application Training & Resources
Developed in Minnesota, this training program will help applicators and their surrounding communities reduce their salt usage. This will save money and be beneficial to Maryland's streams and drinking reservoirs, all while maintaining road safety. For additional information please see the Minnesota Smart Salt website (leaving MDE's website). There are three different types of trainings:
- Commercial Applicators: for individuals that maintain walkways, parking lots or service roads.
- Road Crews: for individuals that operate snowplows.
- Property Managers: for individuals who pledge to reduce salt usage on their properties and hire trained salt applicators.
New Hampshire has developed a certification program that uses state-of-the-art salt reduction practices that prioritize public safety while mitigating salt usage.
