Road salt on the city’s bridges raised the river’s chlorine levels, making the water more corrosive. This has continued into the present and may have been one reason poorly-treated Flint River water was so damaging to metal pipes.
I shared this because my city doesn’t use rock salt during winter, and its pretty inconvenient as a driver. So I was surprised to learn why.
It’s disingenuous to say it’s the PRIMARY contributor, but it is a factor!
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The DOT around my area has started using cheese brine to pre treat the roads and it has been doing a pretty decent job.
Do you live in WI? I am from there and that sounds like the most Wisconsin sentence ever haha!
Oh ya
