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WJZ-TV: Maryland Officials Look To Reduce Use Of Salt On Roads
Posted by japperson
on January 20, 2022
in Clean Water, Drinking water, News stories, Secretary Grumbles, Uncategorized
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It’s a delicate balance of safety and environmental awareness—treating the roads with enough ice-melting salt to make sure they’re safe to drive, while minimizing the impact on our environment.
Too much salt can be detrimental to our waterways. It can damage vegetation and marine life and even contaminate drinking water. In recent years, the Maryland Department of Environment with both state and local agencies to develop ways they can reduce the amount of salt they use.
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