H2Ohio Chloride Reduction Grant

As of August 2025, the new prewetting systems have been installed on Road Department trucks and prepared for next winter! The new systems will reduce the amount of road salt required to keep Perry roadways free of snow and help us reduce our chloride impact on the environment. Thank you to the Ohio EPA for making this possible. 

  1. 1 Rear view of the prewet tanks on trucks number 1 and 3
  2. 2 View of prewet tank installed on the underside of the Road Department's Ford F550
  3. 3 Side profile of Road Department F550 prior to installation of the prewet system
  4. 4 Front view of Road Department trucks numbers 1 and 3

In 2024, Perry Township was awarded $12,971.00 in the second round of grant funding by the Ohio EPA’s new H2Ohio Rivers Chloride Reduction Grant Program. The funding will be used for the purchase of three road salt prewetting tank kits for Road Department vehicles for removing snow and ice.

The moisture from pre-wetting systems has been shown to reduce scatter of road salt, and can reduce the amount of road salt needed by 20-30%. This decreases the amount of chloride runoff entering local waterways. This also benefits the Township by reducing the amount of salt the Road Department needs to purchase annually. Salt alone has does not work well under eighteen degrees Fahrenheit; pre-wetting gives the Road Department another anti-ice option when temperatures dip extremely low. 

Ohio EPA water quality testing has shown that Ohio’s waterways are seeing an increase of salt, primarily due to road salt. Thanks to this grant, Perry Township is joining other Ohio communities in reducing salt usage and improving water quality.


Award announcement from Governor Dewine:

https://governor.ohio.gov/media/news-and-media/governor-dewine-announces-new-grant-program-to-reduce-road-salt-runoff-water-contamination#:~:text=The%20H2Ohio%20Chloride%20Reduction%20Grant,streams%2C%20rivers%2C%20and%20lakes.