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South Burlington outlines tracking, low‑rate strategy to cut chloride; cites private property as major gap
Summary
South Burlington stormwater officials described a decade of tracking and equipment upgrades, a municipal low-application goal and plans to geofence application rates for impaired watersheds, while warning private property salt use remains a major barrier to reducing stream chloride levels.
Marissa Arora Baugh, stormwater superintendent for the City of South Burlington, told the Senate committee that the city has tracked salt application and invested in equipment and training to reduce chloride loading to local brooks.
South Burlington staff said four local streams — Potash Brook, Bartlett Brook, Centennial Brook and Anglesview Brook — are chloride‑impaired and that Potash Brook regular monitoring shows specific conductivity levels well above thresholds associated with harm to aquatic life.
“We were aware that chloride impairment was going to be a problem ... and we’ve been continuously monitoring since then,” Marissa Arora Baugh said, describing…
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