It’s time to determine if using more beet juice can help Winnipeggers get a better grip on roads, lanes and sidewalks, one city councillor says. Beet juice is already used as part of the City of Winnipeg’s street de-icing arsenal. The city sprays a beet juice-salt...

This sight is far too familiar.  Snow starts to accumulate and compact on parking lots, and it becomes very difficult for the tractors to scrape down to the asphalt or concrete.  So why not spread excessive amounts of sand and salt to make things worst.  Yuck! This...

With record high snowfall this winter, city snowplows have a difficult time keeping roadways clear.  Compacted snow and ice ridges develop, which makes it challenging to change lanes without loosing control of your vehicle.  Intersections become bumpy skating rinks...

Bringing down bridges, melting cars, poisoning rivers; it's hard to think of something salt isn't ruining This winter, Calgary has expanded its use of beet juice as a de-icing alternative to road salt. While slightly more expensive than salt, the mixture is more...

As the spring sun starts brightening and warming our days, we are left with winter’s ugly stain, a thick blanket of sand over everything and a fog of dust in our air. A Canadian city will typically spread over 70 million kilograms of sand and 17 million kilograms of...

10 Things To Know About Liquid Deicers When used correctly liquid brine and blended products are powerful, cost effective tools. (Updated Aug. 2019) EDITOR’S NOTE: This article was revised in August 2019 with updated content based on additional presentations and new...

Canadian Municipalities use beet juice to de-ice roads Canadian cities and municipalities are starting to pre-wet their sand/salt mixtures with Beet Juice in order to help keep winter roads clear and cut back on salt.

The City of Winnipeg will continue to use beet juice in their pre-wetting program to battle icy winter roads.