Salt management planning: key to snowfighting success in Renfrew County

Mark Pinet
Salt Institute
Salt and Highway Deicing newsletter
Winter 2006

Taking a "big picture" view of snowfighting promotes improved resource allocations, what Canadians term "salt management." The Salt Institute would call it Sensible Salting. Renfrew County, north of Ottawa embarked on a multi-year, comprehensive snowfighting planning effort in 2001 that included installation of RWIS systems and more aggressive oversight over salt application.