road salt

Road salting is the primary cause of increased sodium and chloride concentrations in our water bodies.

NJDOT is at full capacity for road salt as the holiday season beckons: 335,000 tons of it, ready to go.

In a typical New Jersey winter over the last decade, the state Department of Transportation dumps 300,000 tons of rock salt and 1.7 million gallons of brine on its roads and bridges, and it has to eventually go somewhere.

Does the tap water in your house taste a bit salty? If the answer is yes, you're not alone.

Winter may slowly be retreating, but there's one threat that still looms.

New Jersey Department of Transportation crews have been out and about quite a lot lately, battling Old Man Winter and spreading lots of road salt.

Remember how a lot of New Jersey towns ran out of road salt last winter because the Garden State kept getting hit by snowstorms? Road salt companies now say the higher-than-normal demand has cut supplies this year, and that is forcing prices higher.

Following a brutal winter in New Jersey, many residents may be noticing a salty kick to their drinking water.

The salt and brine spread on New Jersey's roads during the winter could be having a negative effect on your vehicle.

As the region continues to face harsh winter weather and the need for roads to be salted, environmentalists are becoming concerned that such high amounts of salt will start to impact our waterways, trees, plants and wildlife.