How does road salt impact your water quality? | The Current

Описание: As winter approaches, so do icy roads. To melt this ice, we salt our driveways, highways, and sidewalks. We want to stay safe, but are we using more rock salt than we need? In this video, learn about the impacts of oversalting, how to be responsible when using rock salt, and how to become a water quality watch dog for your rivers and streams.

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Rose LaForest, Report for America corps member / Community Engagement Journalist

Chapters
0:00 — Pollution and Runoff
0:55 — How to use rock salt responsibly
1:18 — How to test your water
1:47 — Testing the Roanoke River

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