Levels of chloride, a component of salt, are elevated in many urban streams and groundwater across the northern U.S., according to a new government study. Chloride levels above the recommended federal ...

During icy Midwest winters, a Chicagoan’s step onto the sidewalk is often met with a familiar crunch underfoot. But salt, used to keep roads safe for driving and sidewalks safe for walking, comes with ...

PLAQUEMINES PARISH, La. (WGNO) — Plaquemines Parish leaders said Tuesday they “do not anticipate” chloride levels will exceed the Environmental Protection Agency’s maximum contaminant level for the ...

GRAND RAPIDS, MI -- Officials from Grand Rapids and the rest of the Knapp’s Corner Drain District are hoping that partnering with business owners in the Knapp’s Corner area to cut back on the use of ...

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CHICAGO — During icy Midwest winters, a Chicagoan’s step onto the sidewalk is often met with a familiar crunch underfoot. But salt, used to keep roads safe for driving and sidewalks safe for walking, ...

The water may be safe to drink, but the highest chloride levels in the Panhandle's Lake Meredith in its nearly 40-year history is making the water brackish _ too salty for many to drink _ unless it's ...

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Organic chloride content levels in oil loadings from the Russian Baltic Sea port of Ust-Luga were back to normal on Monday, two trading sources told Reuters. The Russian energy ...

A new study challenges the long-standing belief that chloride concentration alone triggers steel corrosion in concrete, revealing that flaws at the steel–concrete interface and declining alkalinity ...

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) --We had a long winter and that meant we put a lot of salt on our roadways. The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency says much of that salt has ended up in our lakes and rivers. The ...

Chloride levels in Lake Michigan have been rising steadily since the 19th century, when the lake’s chloride levels reached only 2 milligrams per deciliter. After the Clean Water Act went into effect ...