The pollution from road salt has only become a major problem in recent years. Looking at the chart below, the United States ...

The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) says statewide about 404,000 tons of road salt are used every year.

Now, she said Apalachee and other vendors are busy delivering road salt to customers of American Rock Salt, a Mount Morris-based mine which is in charge of salt supply 30 counties. "Our phone ...

"It's the only rock we eat," writes The Salt ... to various herb-infused blends."" But for road salt, geologist Yellen said, we don't need high levels of purity "and so we can use a variety ...

is grappling with the local and statewide road salt shortage. The town's highway superintendent, Jim Christ, expressed frustration over the dwindling supply and delivery delays from American Rock ...

Road salt supply crises are periodic, depending on the frequency of winter precipitation in any given year. It’s not as if the world’s supply of rock salt becomes depleted. One of my required ...

The city will continue the giveaway on Thursday. Piles of road salt is seen at American Rock Salt near the Hudson River and 1st Street on Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2025, in Troy, N.Y. Piles of road ...

Legislation introduced recently in the state Assembly would allow local governments to purchase road salt from Canada.

Road salt's impact on DMV waterways is an issue ... cities could prevent the harmful spike in salt by applying less rock salt to the roads near critical waterways. Regardless of what officials ...

It is not just Wisconsin’s lakes that need protecting — rising levels of salt in water wells could affect those with sodium ...

HOOSICK FALLS, N.Y. (NEWS10)– Capital Region municipalities are substituting road salt with sand as the statewide rock salt shortage continues. On Monday, Hoosick Falls village officials said ...

A road salt shortage across Central New York has left public works crews and everyday homeowners scrambling to get enough salt to keep ice off all the area’s roads, sidewalks and driveways.