November 3, 2022: Chloride Effects on Our Water Resources and Ecosystem: What We Can Do About It -  Register Here

Presented by: Alycia Overbo, PhD Candidate, UofM Water Resources Science, and Strategic Initiatives and Communications Planner for Minnesota Department of Health

Alycia Overbo is a PhD Candidate in the Water Resources Sciences program at University of Minnesota. Her research focuses on sources of chloride pollution to the environment and potential solutions for Minnesota communities. Alycia works at Minnesota Department of Health as a Strategic Initiatives and Communications Planner. In this role, she supports special monitoring projects, policy initiatives, communications, and outreach activities for the state drinking water protection program.

She holds a Master of Science in Public Health from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and is a former Peace Corps volunteer. Her professional and research interests range from chloride pollution in Minnesota waters to equity and public health impacts of safe drinking water and sanitation access.

Topic Description: Salt is a common substance with many uses and applications, but our salt use can have unintended environmental consequences through chloride pollution. This presentation will review how chloride from water softening salt, road salt, and other sources affects our water resources and ecosystems, and highlight practices that communities and individuals can take to reduce the amount of chloride reaching our waterways.