Pieper, K. J., Tang, M., Jones, C. N., Weiss, S., Greene, A., Mohsin, H.. 2018. Impact of Road Salt on Drinking Water Quality and Infrastructure Corrosion in Private Wells: Environmental Science & Technology. American Chemical Society, . 52, . 14078-14087

Analysis, Drinking water, Human health, Management, Road salt, Water quality, Roads, Chloride, Landscaping, Brine, Anti-icing, Winter maintenance, Corrosion

This study evaluated the effects of chloride concentrations in groundwater on the infrastructure of private wells in New York (U.S.). The results indicate that 24% of those who use private wells in New York could be impacted by applications of chloride-based road salts.