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A novel method for the remediation of salinized soils utilizes recretohalophytes, plants that secrete salts onto their leaf surfaces. Wind blows the excreted salts from the leaves, dispersing and diluting them over great distances. In this study, the first model was established to estimate the amount of salt that could be transferred from a given field site via haloconduction. Further, the model allows for the determination of the location and concentrations of deposited salts. Greenhouse and wind tunnel experiments were used to determine the excretion and salt emission rates of Spartina pectinata. Based on this data, a theoretical emission profile for S. pectinata at a salt-impacted field site in Bath, ON, was generated. AERMOD View modeling software was used to visualize the dispersal of the emitted salts. Finally, a field monitoring program was implemented to determine the actual chloride deposition rates and airborne concentrations using passive wet candles and a high-volume air sampler. Based on this model, approximately 180 kg/year of potassium chloride (KCl) salt could be displaced from the Bath site and deposited over an ∼70 km2 region while maintaining deposition concentrations well below background levels.