"We're preparing a brine mixture, a salt water mixture ... as long as it doesn't rain and wash it off it can stick to the roads, and so when the freezing precipitation does hit it, it'll activate ...

But that's not the case in Houston. The city uses brine, which is a saltwater solution, to prepare roads for icing and the nearest road salt facility is located about 225 miles away near Canton.

If you’ve ever lived somewhere it gets properly cold, you’ll know that winter’s icy grasp brings the inevitable challenge of keeping roadways safe. While road salt and gritting have long ...

Thompson said that the township uses a mixture of salt, salt brine and beet juice in its road treatment. This mixture reduces salt usage, and the beet juice helps the brine work at lower temperatures.

It's too early to break out the snow shovels but road crews are already on the street in preparation for icy conditions as a ...

Road crews in Ankeny, Iowa, have an interesting problem on their hands. It seems that the city is using just a pinch a half-and-half mixture of garlic salt and normal rock salt to season clear its ...

The Associated Press is reporting that the weather across the US has been so cold and snowy that road ... what salt they have left with sand, while others are using liquid cheese brine and Beet ...

Painesville Township has been awarded a $75,000 grant from the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency to purchase equipment to help it treat roads in the winter. The township will use the funding for ...

Other tricks, like using beet juice, beer waste, or pickle brine, have been employed across the upper Midwest. Though road salt, the traditional de-icer, is effective, it has its problems ...

Raw beef is initially brined for up to a week or more, so it’s important that the brine mixture has enough salt to prevent the growth of bacteria and other detrimental micro-organisms.