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Conservancy and Villanova to monitor road salt impact on streams with NFWF funding
Summary
The Conservancy said it is partnering with Villanova University on a National Fish and Wildlife Foundation-funded study, installing five monitoring stations (including Elm Grove Park) to measure chloride, temperature and depth to guide municipal de-icing choices such as brining.
Maureen McGahn said the Conservancy is part of a National Fish and Wildlife Foundation-funded project with Villanova University to study road salt impacts on local streams. She said five monitoring stations are being installed; one station is already at Elm Grove Park collecting salt concentration, stream temperature and depth data.
"We're putting in, 5 monitoring stations. Here's 1 at Elm Grove Park. That's, that is collecting data on salt. It's also collecting stream temperature and stream depth," McGahn said, adding that the Conservancy plans to use the data with cost-benefit analysis to encourage alternatives to heavy road-salt use such as brining in some areas of Delaware County.
