<div dir="ltr"><div><img src="cid:ii_lo7dlsuy0" alt="2023-LakeChamplain_lightNOAAblue_transparent.png" width="125" height="61" style="margin-right:0px"><br></div><b><div><b><br></b></div>Lake Champlain Sea Grant Research Webinar</b><div><br></div><div>Join us for the November 29 research presentation in our fall webinar series.</div><div><br></div><div><b><i>Mapping road salt storage facilities in Vermont’s Lake Champlain basin: An analysis of potential drinking water impacts in vulnerable communities</i></b><br></div><div><br></div><div><b>Date/Time: </b>Wednesday, November 29, 2023 - 12:00pm to 1:00pm</div><div><br></div><div><b>Location:</b> Zoom (registration required). <b>REGISTER <a href="https://www.uvm.edu/seagrant/programs/events/research-webinar-mapping-road-salt-storage-facilities-vermont%E2%80%99s-lake-champlain-basin" target="_blank">HERE</a></b>.</div><div><br></div><div><b>Speakers: </b>Stephanie Hurley, Associate Professor of Ecological Landscape Design at the University of Vermont - Dana Allen, Principal of FluidState Consulting.  </div><div><br></div><div><div><b>Description: </b>Use of deicing materials (road salt) in Vermont has increased in the past decades. Chemical constituents associated with deicing materials can potentially pose a risk to drinking water quality. While deicing materials applied to roads represent a distributed, ephemeral source of salts, deicing material storage facilities are a potential year-round source of materials that can impact drinking water wells. This talk will describe a 2022 study which included the development of a geospatial database of deicing storage facilities in the Vermont portion of the Lake Champlain basin and an evaluation of the potential for drinking water impacts in vulnerable communities.<br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><img src="cid:ii_lo7e014b2" alt="Road salt picture.JPG" width="374" height="235" style="margin-right:0px"><br><div><br></div><span class="gmail_signature_prefix">-- </span><br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><b><font face="times new roman, serif">Aude Lochet, PhD</font></b><div><font face="times new roman, serif">(She/Her/Hers)<br></font><div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;background-position:50% 0%;background-repeat:no-repeat;word-break:break-word;color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:18px"><font face="times new roman, serif">Lake Champlain Sea Grant, Lake Champlain Research Institute</font></div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;background-position:50% 0%;background-repeat:no-repeat;word-break:break-word;color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:18px"><font face="times new roman, serif">Water Resources Outreach/Extension Specialist</font></div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;background-position:50% 0%;background-repeat:no-repeat;word-break:break-word;color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:18px"><font face="times new roman, serif">Adjunct Instructor</font></div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;background-position:50% 0%;background-repeat:no-repeat;word-break:break-word;color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:18px"><font face="times new roman, serif">SUNY Plattsburgh</font></div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;background-position:50% 0%;background-repeat:no-repeat;word-break:break-word;color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:18px"><span style="font-family:"times new roman",serif">Mail box: Hudson Hall 136</span><br></div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;background-position:50% 0%;background-repeat:no-repeat;word-break:break-word;color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:18px"><span style="font-family:"times new roman",serif">Office: Hudson Hall 123</span><font face="times new roman, serif"><br></font></div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;background-position:50% 0%;background-repeat:no-repeat;word-break:break-word;color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:18px"><font face="times new roman, serif">101 Broad Street<br style="background-position:50% 0%;background-repeat:no-repeat;word-break:break-word;margin-bottom:0px">Plattsburgh, NY 12901</font></div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;background-position:50% 0%;background-repeat:no-repeat;word-break:break-word;color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:18px"><font face="times new roman, serif"><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;background-position:50% 0%;background-repeat:no-repeat;word-break:break-word;line-height:18px;display:inline">(o) 518-564-2056</div><a href="tel:+1-518-564-3039" title="Office Phone Number" style="color:rgb(200,16,46);background-color:transparent;line-height:18px;background-position:50% 0%;background-repeat:no-repeat;word-break:break-word;margin:0px;display:inline" target="_blank"><br></a></font></div></div><div><br></div></div></div></div></div></div>