Use of brine, calcium chloride solutions, and rock salt for maintaining winter safety has come under increased scrutiny in recent years. Groups like the Northern Virginia Regional Commission (NVRC), ...

Soil salinization is a serious problem, especially in areas with less rainfall and increasingly arid climates. As climates change, flooding becomes more prevalent – another factor that leads to high ...

The amount of salt in one of New York City’s key sources of drinking water has tripled over three decades and is on track to exceed allowable levels around the turn of the next century, environmental ...

Wisconsin Salt Wise has begun Winter Salt Week, an organizational effort to raise awareness of the environmental and economic ...

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Since 1974, the Bureau of Reclamation has supported various projects to reduce salt levels in the Colorado River’s upper and lower basins. Now, a bill to increase the 50-year-old program’s funding is ...

Of all the challenges facing the Colorado River, there’s at least one that all stakeholders are working on collaboratively, not competitively — salinity. Since 1974, the seven Colorado River basin ...

Elevated sodium in groundwater was associated with increased blood pressure and odds of hypertension, especially among Asian ...