Less Salty 2026: Bonus: Too Much Salt

Winter Salt Week was so much fun, we wanted to give one more bonus episode of Less Salty with Phil Gaebler, paired with the full list of recordings from last week’s expert talks.

Less Salty 2026: with Phil Gaebler: Too Much Salt

Sometimes too much salt has been put down on the sidewalk. If after the snow and ice has melted, and you realize maybe you overapplied, you may want to bust out your fourth tool in your winter tool kit: the dustpan. If you see excess salt, sweep it up, and save it for another day.

Our focus with Less Salty with Phil Gaebler is to help property owners learn how to minimize salt use, know when to use salt and how, plus making sure companies you hire, neighbors and community know about responsible salt use in the City of Madison.  

Phil Gaebler is a stormwater engineer with decades of experience in the environmental engineering world. He works for the City of Madison Engineering Division and kickstarted the City with Wisconsin SaltWise with the inception of the now-statewide group. He’s also tasked with completing in-house training for all City salt crews on salt calibration, salt use and more, which helps inform City leaders make decisions on salt use implications, citations, use on roads, sidewalks and more.  

Winter Salt Week Recordings

If you missed the livestreams or recordings from Winter Salt Week, they’re all available on YouTube. The topics included in the recordings are the following: 

• Winter Salt Week 2026: Salt Wise Stories
• Winter Salt Week 2026: Smart Salting Contracts
• Winter Salt Week: Engineering Solutions
• Winter Salt Week 2026: Advocating for Change
• Winter Salt Week 2026: Salt Monitoring 101

Watch them all on the Winter Salt Week YouTube Channel:
https://www.youtube.com/@wisaltwise1739/streams