We have been supplied by one of our members, with some very alarming articles and reports on how road salt on parking lots contaminates the water shed. We will be presenting these articles to the town board and the village board, and the town planning boards at future meetings. ONE TON OF SALT PER ACRE OF PAVEMENT IS DEPOSITED INTO THE WATER TABLE EACH TIME THEY CLEAR THE PARKING AREAS
www.pca.state.mn.us/publications/parkinglotmanual-june06.pdf
also:
Road Salt's Effects on Ground Water Quality
http://www.history.rochester.edu/class/roadsalt/home.html
The Toronto study has revealed that only 45% of this salt flows away on the surface, and the remaining portion is absorbed in the shallow aquifers below the surface. Frightening predictions indicate that with the continued yearly output of road salts, chloride and sodium concentrations in ground waters will well exceed their safe levels.
http://www.saltinstitute.org/rss/roadway_safety-snowfighters/2007/01/guidelines_for_salt_applicatio.html
(This report is aimed more at highways)
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