Residents of the Spring Harbor neighborhood in Madison, Wisconsin, say their drinking water is a little on the salty side these days. And their taste buds aren’t deceiving them.According to a report by local TV affiliate WKOW, a well that provides water to the neighborhood is producing salt concentrations of about 120 mg/L. Joe Grande, water quality manager for the Madison Water Utility, says the culprit is decades worth of road salt used during winter.“The sodium and chloride that’s in that road salt doesn’t break down, it doesn’t degrade, so all those thousands of tons of salt are now in the
Road Salt Infiltrates Drinking Water Supplies
Keeping roads safe for drivers during the winter has its price as northern communities like Madison, Wisconsin, find increasing levels of sodium chloride in groundwater.
Apr 15, 2015
| by Kyle Rogers |
