Thanks to the Ohio EPA, Springfield Township’s winter preparations just got a lot more efficient! This winter, we’ll be making the brine solution that treats our roads during winter weather events in a brand-new electric brine maker purchased with a $30,000 grant from the Ohio EPA. We are now able to produce the brine solution four times faster and with half of the staff requirements than before.
Our road mixture, which includes the brine solution and road salt, is thicker than standard road salt on its own. This keeps more of the mixture on the road and out of storm sewers.