Road salt (VB)

  • Jørgensen, Michael Søgaard (Project Manager)

    Project Details

    Description

    As it is Denmark uses up to 500.000 tons of salt for de-iceing the roads.
    Therefore it is important to study the consequences of this salt on the environment.
    The following has been studied: How much salt have in the recent years been spread and how large a percentage of this have percolated into the ground?
    Which effect does the salt have on the ground water and how long time will it take before a posible pollution will be detectable?
    Which effect does the salt have on the flora and fauna?
    What are the cost for purchase, stocking, handling and spreading the salt?
    StatusActive
    Effective start/end date25/10/1999 → …

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