Our dust control products also are safe, reliable and effective and have been rigorously tested and certified by independent agencies.

According to the US Environmental Protection Agency, road dust control is the largest cause to particulate air pollution. The quantity of dust that is produced by unpaved roads is five times greater than two other contributors, which are construction activities and wind erosion.

Not only is dust a major nuisance, but they have been cited in many cases of respiratory illness for humans that live near areas in need of road dust control. When breathed, particles can accumulate in the respiratory system and are associated with numerous health effects. In addition, dust is the major cause of reduced visibility and can also can impact vegetation and ecosystems.

Dust particles are generally emitted from sources such as vehicles traveling on unpaved roads, materials handling, crushing and grinding operations, and windblown dust. The quantity of dust produced by unpaved roads is five times greater than two other contributors: construction & wind erosion.

A study was conducted to see exactly how much an unpaved road without road dust control and associated traffic would cause particulate air pollution. The results were amazing. They showed that for every vehicle that travels over an unpaved road for one mile, one ton of dust is created annually. This is interpreted as for every 500 trucks or cars that travel over 100 miles of these roads that 50,000 tons of dust is thrown up into the surrounding air every year.

This also means that for every mile of unpaved road lacking road dust control, that a ton of material from that road is removed every year for every automobile that travels on it. Without the help of wind, this nuisance dust can travel up to 500 feet from the road into the air. Not only is this affecting the inhabitants near a busy unpaved road, but this dust also negatively impacts the growth of plant life. For these reasons the need for road dust control is real. These are not the only places dust can be found. It has become so severe in mining areas, deserts, dry soil conditions, and agriculture regions , that it is now severely regulated by the EPA. It is distributed into the atmosphere by the severity of the blowing winds.

Dust Control for dirt roads is a common problem throughout Africa. With ERA Road programs cities and communities are able to come together to devise a program to help maintain their dirt roads. Utilizing our Dirt Road Dust Control Program (ERA) allows communities to accomplish their goals at the same time keep an eye on their budget.

Our Dirt road dust control products are not just for controlling dust. It will stabilize the road as well as stop runoff and erosion.

With our dirt road dust control program your community will be able to stabilize their roads to the point where grading will become a practice of the past. Our dirt control products make sure that they like the shape of their road before they apply our dust control products on their dirt road, because it will be like that for a long time.

Our Haul Road Dust Control products are for extreme conditions where dust control is more difficult due to the higher and heavier traffic This program uses higher concentrations of our products to control dust pollution on haul roads or any other area with extremely heavy traffic, such as truck parking lots and staging areas.

For long haul roads. With ERA Haulage Road Dust Control Product , dust pollution is significantly reduced or eliminated with an initial application, and is permanently kept under control with occasional re-applications on an “as-needed” basis. Re-applications of our haul road dust pollution control products will bond with previous ones, thereby cumulatively reducing a need for future treatments.

The ERA Program uses our proprietary product as a powerful, environmentally safe, liquid soil binder that permanently attaches itself to dust particles and tightly binds them together so that they will be heavy and rendered incapable of becoming airborne. A curing process will irreversibly transform a mixture of our ERA dust control formula , dust, and aggregate into a permanently hardened membrane. Occasional maintenance applications, as needed, will control dust pollution on a permanent basis.

With ERA, there is no evaporation or washing out. The initial application and occasional maintenance applications will provide a continuous and permanent accumulation of our ERA dust control product into the soil. Eventually, the dust particles will be overwhelmed by the presence of our haul road dust control product and the frequency between maintenance applications, and the cost of controlling dust pollution will be dramatically reduced.

These items will help facilitate a quick and smooth transfer of the product from a water truck into the soil.

If general reconstruction and permanent reshaping of a haul road is desired, then other types of equipment, such as a motor grader and a compactor are highly recommended. Information on specific application procedures for our haul road dust pollution control product can be obtained directly from our company.

Although there are many variables to consider in a haul road program, the cost of the first year of a haul road dust control program with ERA haulage road dust pollution control product will be considerably lower than the actual or estimated cost of daily watering operations. After the first year, the cost of continuing maintenance under our Haul Road Program is guaranteed to be significantly lower than daily watering operations, and over a period of several years, the savings can accumulate to as much as 75 percent.

With an initial application of our haulage road dust pollution control product, dust pollution is immediately eliminated, and with occasional maintenance applications, it is permanently brought under control. We recommend that haul road managers undertake their dust control programs with our haul road dust pollution control product in segments of approximately one mile at a time. (Segments of less than one mile tend to become more easily reoccupied by contamination that has been blown in or imported by traffic from non-controlled areas.) With availability of sufficient equipment and personnel, a mile of a typical haulage road of approximately 20 yards width can be treated and finished in a single day. The savings that are derived from using our haul road dust pollution control product in the early stages of a dust pollution control program can then be redirected into future segments, thereby taking advantage of programming the product to pay for itself.