Why a Wisconsin county is dumping cheese brine on its roads this winter
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- People often salt slippery, winter roads to melt ice, making it safer to drive and walk on.
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If you don’t have access to cheese brine, then beet juice is a popular alternative, though it’s not as cost-effective as cheese brine, Josh Kelch, the highway commissioner for Burnett County, told BI.
Sauk County has used a beet juice blend in years past, Pat Gavinski, the highway commissioner for Sauk County, told BI. He said that, anecdotally, it keeps roads clear a little longer than rock salt. “The traffic doesn’t wear it off as quick, that’s why we like it,” Gavinski said.
While these alternative methods may be more environmentally friendly, Bill said her main concern about these methods is that there might not be enough of these byproducts to combat the amount of snow and ice these regions get each year.
Bill is studying other types of brine, just made of pure water and salt, as alternative methods for ice management.
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