Environmental Field Evaluation of Potassium Acetate (KAc)

The project (field study) will assess persistence of potassium acetate (KAc) in soil and water, effects on biochemical oxygen demand (BOD) and dissolved (DO), and toxicity to flora and fauna. It will determine the environmental impact of KAc as a deicer.

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Active
• Funding: $212,877.00
• Contract Numbers:

  1034774

• Sponsor Organizations:

  Minnesota Department of Transportation

  395 John Ireland Boulevard
  St Paul, MN  United States  55155
• Performing Organizations:

  Iowa State University Department of Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering

  813 Bissell Road
  Ames, IA  United States  50011
• Principal Investigators:

  Rehmann, Chris

• Start Date: 20190807
• Expected Completion Date: 20220630
• Actual Completion Date: 0

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Acetates; Deicing; Environmental impacts; Potassium
• Subject Areas: Environment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01690739
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: Minnesota Department of Transportation
• Contract Numbers: 1034774
• Files: RIP, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Jan 11 2019 10:37AM