Burleigh McCoy

I think of it as kind of being a cheerleader for using less salt.

So SaltWise leads trainings and talks.

They advocate for things like cleaning up extra salt before it washes away.

are calibrating equipment so plow drivers know how much their salt trucks are putting down, which changes with the pavement temperature.

So people should also be measuring that.

And something that has made a big difference in using less salt is liquid brine.

What?

Brining the roads?

Brining the roads.

The very same, Emily.

What?

So the city now sprays streets when a storm is predicted before the snow falls.

So Allison says it makes it so snow doesn't stick easily to the pavement.

So think of cooking without oil in your pan.

So one person who knows about this is Brian Voque.

He's a contractor who does snow removal for small commercial businesses, and he used to use a lot of rock salt.

But some years ago, he saw a YouTube video of someone building their own brine truck.

He's got a mechanical engineer background and likes a challenge, so...

And Emily, I got to see this truck.

It's essentially a plow truck with a tank and a motor in the back of the truck that sprays brine out of a bar by his bumper.