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WJZ: Storm Aftermath: Road Salt Finds Its Way Into Md. Waterways

BALTIMORE (WJZ) — First comes snow, then comes salt. But unlike snow, that salt doesn’t go away.

Alex DeMetrick reports it’s moving right now into our water, and it will stay there for decades.

It was only a week ago when the struggle to keep moving fell to the frontline efforts of hundreds of trucks, plowing and spreading tons of salt on Maryland roads.

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