Salt Awareness Week in Wisconsin Examines Environmental Damage Caused by Road Salt

Salt Awareness Week in Wisconsin Examines Environmental Damage Caused by Road Salt

It doesn't just disappear. The salt we use every winter — more than 525,000 tons of it in Wisconsin — washes into our lakes, rivers, streams and wetlands, putting aquatic life at risk and endangering our freshwater resources.

“It goes into the lake. It finds its way into...

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