"Road salt normally helps keep the public safe. But in this small hamlet near the Canadian border, residents say it’s contaminating their wells and eating their appliances from the inside out. Worse, they believe the state misled them about the cause to avoid culpability.
Researchers from Virginia Tech, who helped uncover drinking water contamination in Flint, Michigan, think Fishers Landing’s problems were caused by runoff from a nearby salt storage shed run by the New York State Department of Transportation.
They also say the problem could be far more widespread than a single shed in a single town, with their analysis showing nearly half a million people across the state could face similar risks.
And while New York uses more road salt than any other state, Rhode Island, Massachusetts and Vermont use similar amounts of salt per mile of roadway, meaning residents there could be at risk, too."
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https://www.milforddailynews.com/zz/news/20200130/road-salt-blamed-for-new-england-wells-contamination
As Franklin gets all its water from ground aquifers, we need to be careful with our water quality. One of our 2020 "Watch List" items covers water quality
https://www.franklinmatters.org/2020/01/franklin-issue-on-2020-watch-list-new.html
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