ENRTF ID: 091-B

Project Title: Phytoremediation for Extracting Deicing Salt from Roadside Soils

Category: B. Water Resources

Summary: We propose to study native plants that can adsorb salts to be planted on the roadside to address the environmental concerns over deicing road salts.

Total Project Budget: $ 368,000
Proposed Project Time Period for the Funding Requested: June 30, 2023 (3 yrs)

Name: Bo Hu
Sponsoring Organization: U of MN
Department: Address: 1390 Eckles Ave
St. Paul MN 55108
Telephone Number: (612) 625-4215
Email bhu@umn.edu

Location: Statewide 

Alternate Text for Visual: This visual has some photos about salt damage to the roadside, plants we grow in the lab that we want to use in the research, and an illustration of what we propose to do