Sentences with phrase «road salt runoff»
The state also will support efforts to conserve open spaces and prevent manure and road salt runoff.
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- Drinking water and wastewater infrastructure upgraded - Advanced treatment installed for both drinking water and wastewater, and advanced filtration systems installed for drinking water - Green infrastructure and open spaces built for source water protection - «[E] nsuring proper management and storage of common contaminants like manure and road salt to prevent runoff; and increasing the state Superfund to expedite the cleanup of hazardous waste that may impact sources of drinking water.»
There were three possible sources of the chloride: ferric chloride used to remove particles from water, chloride that was in the river naturally and road salt that accumulated after winter runoff.
Causeways and other roads that bisect wetlands alter natural habitats by providing avenues by which invasive plants species can colonize wetlands and nesting areas, altering natural hydrology of wetland systems, altering storm water runoff and drainage, providing avenues for road salts and pollutants and the direct loss of habitat due to land - clearing and paving.
Roadways and impervious surfaces such as parking lots and sidewalks are reliable proxies for road salt application because as developed areas, they are susceptible to high levels of salting and runoff.
More than 50 percent of all de-icing materials used on roads are made of sodium chloride (NaCl), and salt overspray and runoff into adjacent natural systems can change the physical and chemical environment.