Salt Truck Wash Water Reuse

Introduction

 

This site is an introduction to INDOT’s innovative, new ‘salt truck wash water reuse’ strategy, whereby winter salt truck wash water can be beneficially reused rather than being locally discharged in an environmentally unacceptable fashion.  

 

 

Hotlinks:

 

  1. General Concept Review

  2. Problem Overview     

  3. Disposal Options

  4. Generation, Collection, and Reuse  

  5. Case Studies

  6. Commercial Brine Manufacture System Vendors

  7. Do-It-Yourself Brine Manufacture Systems

  8. Example System Cost Details

Full Technical Paper:

 

 

Click here to access Final Report

 

Click here to access Technical Summary

 

Sponsors and Contributors:

Sponsored funding for the this site was jointly provided by the FHWA, INDOT, and Purdue University ’s Joint Transportation Research Program

Technical Development Credits and Contacts:

Dr’s James Alleman (Purdue-CE) and Barry Partidge (INDOT) managed the technical completion of this project, and Dr. Bob McCullouch (Purdue-JTRP) managed the subsequent creative development of this site. Specific questions regarding this project should be directed to either Dr. Barry Partridge or Jim Alleman, as follows:

  • Dr. James E. Alleman
    Professor,  Purdue School of Civil Engineering,
    West Lafayette, IN 47906-1284, 
    Phone: 765-494-7705
    Email: alleman@ecn.purdue.edu

  • Dr. Barry Partridge
    Director, INDOT Research Division,
    West Lafayette, IN 47906,
    Phone: 765-463-1521 Ext. 251
    Email: partridge@indot.in.us.gov