Best Practices for Reducing Salt Use —
See Leading Edge Technology and New Equipment in Action!
The 3rd Annual Salt Summit was hosted in Ticonderoga on October 5th, 2017. Presentations are below. You can also view last year's presentations and more about what you can personally do to reduce salt use.
Welcome
Chris Navitsky PE, Lake George Waterkeeper
Supervisor Joe Giordano, Town of Ticonderoga
Summit Introduction
Best Practices Agreement: The Basis for Effective Road Salt Reduction
Eric Siy, Executive Director, The FUND for Lake George
Step One: Measure
Trajectories of Salinization and Recovery from Road Salting for Soils and Streams Tributary to Lake George
Jim Sutherland, Ph.D., The FUND for Lake George Council of Science Advisors
Update on Lake George Salt Initiative – Year 1 Results
Raqib Omer, CEO, Viaesys
Step Two: Prevent
Safe, Sustainable, and Cost Effective…The Power of Brine
Pam Buckley, SnowEx
Step Three: Optimize
Hold the Salt: A Park-Wide Approach
Brittany Christenson, ADKAction.org
Effective Snow Removal
Paul Vanderzon, MetalPless
Step Four: Improve
Municipal Snow & Ice Management Policy
Bill Lamy, Retired Superintendent, Warren County DPW
Sustainable Winter Management (SWiM) Certification Model
Phill Sexton, WIT Advisers
Summit Takeaways
Establishing an Adaptable Model: Full Implementation of Best Practices Agreement Basin-Wide
Phill Sexton, WIT Advisers
Mayor Robert Blais, Village of Lake George
Final Remarks
Nate Clemmer, CEO, SynaTek
Demos
- Measure – GPS Tracking (Viaesys)
- Prevent – Brine Making and Application (Douglas Dynamics)
- Optimize – Live Edge Plow (Metal Pless)
- Optimize – Pre-Wetting (Fisher Snowplows)