Rock salt’s impact on Lehigh Valley’s water will linger long after winter passes
The Little Lehigh Watershed Stewards are calling attention to how long rock salt sticks around in local streams and drinking ...
Vermont Business Magazine15h
LCC: Rock salt and lake ice
Lake Champlain has played a central role in LCC’s new Executive Director Jenny Patterson’s life. The lake was a formative ...
NYC will eventually have to abandon part of water supply if it keeps getting saltier
The suburban reservoirs that supply 10% of New York City's vaunted drinking water are getting saltier due to decades of road ...
KSTP7d
Finding salt alternatives to keep Minnesota roads safe
The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) says statewide about 404,000 tons of road salt are used every year.
MassLive28d
Northeast state declared disaster emergency over nationwide rock salt shortage
A national shortage of rock salt — a common product used to treat ... before last weekend’s snow-turned-slush-turned-ice storm made a mess of roads and driveways. “DPW trucks have been ...
The New York Times17d
Why Did New York’s Streets Seem Extra Salty This Winter?
“Snow doesn’t cause the problems,” said ... describing what happens to the company’s cables when rock salt eats through their outer layers, freeing electrons to run wild underground.
WBUR29d
Salt unavailable to melt ice? Try some sand, molasses or pickle juice
With heavy snow, rain and then ice earlier this week, around western Massachusetts and throughout New England, many store shelves are empty of rock salt or de-icer. Even municipalities are running ...