Wisconsin Cities Are Using Cheese Brine to Keep Roads Safe  | 27
Dec 2013 15:36  They're taking the idea that "everything is
better with cheese" to a whole new level.  The city of Milwaukee
has recently started field-testing a new method for keeping
their roads from freezing over: They're spraying their roads
with the salty water created as a byproduct from making cheese,
to keep their roads from freezing. The program, started by a
small county in Wisconsin and adopted by the city earlier this
month, is apparently cheaper and more effective than simply
laying down tons of rock salt on roads every winter.  Spraying
the brine, which is mixed with traditional rock salt, is much
more efficient than spreading salt with large trucks: A fair
amount of the dry salt will bounce off the road when it hits the
ground, forcing the city to use more. It's also better for the
environment, as the brine is normally discarded as waste by
manufacturers.  It's also much cheaper. Cities and states across
the US have been strugglin