Bencala, K., Palmer, J., Moltz, H. 2018. Salt Management Strategy: Environmental Impacts and Potential Economic Costs and Benefits of Improved Management Practices in Northern Virginia. Virginia Department of Environmental Quality.

Best management practice, Management, Road salt, Urban, Water quality, Cost analysis, Roads, Cost-effectiveness, BMPs, Chloride, Sodium

This document was prepared by the Interstate Commission on the Potomac River Basin (ICPRB) for the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ). This paper presents a literature review of the various environmental and economic impacts of road de-icing salts. It includes cost-benefit analyses for multiple salt management strategies.