September 6, 2005

Road Salt Blamed for Stream Salinity Increases

Randolph E. Schmid:

"We're basically hardening the watersheds and feeding them a high-salt diet. There is a direct connection between the number of driveways and parking lots we have and the quality of our water," said Sujay Kaushal of the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science in Frostburg, Md.

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