may favor lower or higher amounts of the polymer as determined by the application the actual determining factors may vary greatly including the relative humidity that might be present in the area alternatively there may be instances where higher levels of polymer may be applied to gravel piles sand piles slag piles and the like piles to keep windblown dust to a minimum the system and method may be used on a wide variety of applications for the purposes of dust control and surface stabilization typical application rates are about 1 5 l of diluted product per square meter the conveyor system may be constructed and arranged for use on gravel sand dirt mud minerals and virtually any other desired material as a preventative dust maintenance measure it is cost effective both in the short and with long term usage the system is capable of dispersing a composition that penetrates and extends bonding into a surface such as gravel by providing cohesion preventing sediment wash out and increasing the load bearing capacity of unpaved road surfaces furthermore the composition as applied to a gravel bed for example provides a reduction of aggregate loss enhances conservation of native gravel provides safety to motorists and delivers effective dust control usually for dust controlling solutions the most preferred application method is spraying a mixture of the polymer and water over the excavated material in a quantity sufficient to cover the dust several solution concentrations were tested and it was found that the minimum polymer concentration to achieve an excellent dust suppression level is of about 15 pounds of polymer to 2000 gallons of water in a tank holding multiples of 2 000 gallons of water add 15 pounds of super absorbent polymer through the manhole for each.