BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - Aquifers deep underground supply the drinking water for most of the capital region. As the freshwater is pumped out of the ground, salt water begins to creep closer to those ...

Snow has returned to the Philadelphia region, and along with it the white residues on streets and sidewalks that result from ...

(Hilton Head Public Service District has a well that pulls water out of an aquifer that's then treated to remove the salt.) Hilton Head residents may take their ability to turn on a faucet and ...

Although salt keeps Wisconsin roads safe during winter, using more salt than needed comes at a price.

Winter Salt Week is an annual initiative started in Wisconsin in 2021. It's aimed at spreading awareness about the growing issue of salt pollution in our waterways ...

For months, Louisiana oyster farmer Mitch Jurisich, Jr. watched the Mississippi as an invisible surge of Gulf of Mexico salt water crept up the tail end of the river, twisting along levees through ...

In April 2023, after one of the last spring snowstorms in Minneapolis, Annie Hejny visited a local business and was stunned by the thick layer of road salt spread over its parking lot. Hejny, an ...