When Winter Weather Arrives: Lake Saint Louis to Add Beet Juice, Wentzville Stocked Up on Salt
Beet juice, when added to rock salt or brine, reduces the amount of salt needed to de-ice roadways.
Yesterday's balmy, near-80s temperature prompted a return to shorts and flip-flops for a lot of people. But when it's your job to think ahead, you have to ignore the dandelions blooming in your yard and think about ice and snow. The Lake Saint Louis Department of Public Works recently sent out a press release to let the public know about a new tool in their winter-weather arsenal. The city has completed construction of a beet juice storage tank at the public works facility. Beet juice—a by-product of sugar production—added to rock salt or salt brine lowers the effective temperature of salt, reduces the amount of salt needed, and reduces the corrosive effects of salt. Derek Koestel, Lake Saint Louis' Director of Public Works, told Patch …
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William Braudis
12:02 pm on Friday, February 1, 2013
So, Lake Saint Louis citizens would like to be referred as the CITIZENS of the PINK CITY. Has you leaders told you yet how they plan to get rid if that Pink/Red stain off of your streets and CARS ? more ›