The (GLA) encourages the community to learn how salt applied to roads and sidewalks can negatively impact local waterways, ...

Salt pollution in freshwater is ... focusing on the impacts of road salts on plants, soils, and water quality in green infrastructure systems. These basins, designed to manage stormwater runoff ...

Salt pollution from road deicing salts threatens freshwater ecosystems and urban green infrastructure. New research on salt-tolerant plants like cattails highlights their potential role in ...

Here are six things to know about Wisconsin's approach to road salt, including how you can help keep the state's waters clean. In a 2022 report, staff at the Wisconsin Department of Natural ...

At the risk of pouring more salt into the wound of our long and wicked winter weather, Ottawa is the Canadian road salt champion ... of locations — including Green’s Creek, Mother Award ...

Sulpizio explained that just one teaspoon of road salt can pollute five gallons of water and a 150-pound bag can contaminate 10,000 gallons of water, with the salt remaining in the water indefinitely.

"We significantly decrease the amount of salt that we're using on the road and that's another win for the environment," said Narveson. The Green County Highway Department has gone through 75,000 ...

In a 2022 report, staff at the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources wrote that the state was on an “unsustainable” path of road salt usage. While people have grown more aware of the harms ...

A pair of state House members want to see PennDOT reduce the amount of road salt it uses each winter. Rep. Joe Webster, D-Collegeville, and Rep. Benjamin Sanchez, D-Abington, are circulating a ...

With winter in full swing, many states are seeing heavy amounts of snow. A common way to treat icy roads is to apply road salt, which is a low-cost way to melt snow and ice. But when it's time to ...

Hurtgam said shortages in road salt are not unprecedented. “It doesn’t happen often, but it does happen.” “We’re looking to order 400 tons, which isn’t a full load,” Syracuse said.

PARISH N.Y. — As New York is facing a shortage of road salt, some municipalities that rely less on salt and more on a sand-and-salt combination to treat their roads are feeling less impact.