Get Involved with Salt Watch in Your Area
Salt Watch is a crowdsourced monitoring program where individuals and groups can request free Salt Watch kits and submit data to a national online database, the Clean Water Hub. Involvement in Salt Watch monitoring is crucial because community scientists provide crowdsourced data to understand chloride levels (chloride is a common component of most road salt deicers), help fill data gaps that government agencies cannot cover, and advocate for “smart salting” practices based on real data. Regions highlighted below are actively combating salt pollution through public outreach, applicator training, watershed monitoring, and more!
Click the highlighted regions below to learn more about specific Salt Watch initiatives taking place near you.
Salt Watch Monitoring
Want to learn more about road salt pollution in your local waterways? Check out the Salt Watch Map below to see where monitoring is taking place. If you see data gaps in your area, we would love your help in filling them! To get started, go to saltwatch.org to request a Salt Watch kit.
Thank you to our Salt Watch Partners and volunteers who are adding data to our map!
Your kit will include a bottle containing 25 nitrate test strips which you can use to test your water source(s) throughout the year. You’ll also receive postcards explaining how to use your nitrate test strips and how to share your Nitrate Watch results on the Clean Water Hub.
Your kit will include four test strips so you can test your waterway throughout the season. You’ll also receive a chart to help you interpret your results and a postcard with instructions for completing a Salt Watch test and reporting your findings.