Vehicles line Colvin Avenue in Albany Wednesday as residents prepare to fill containers with free road salt supplied by the city. More salt will be distributed on Thursday. People get containers ...

NEW YORK - The suburban reservoirs that supply 10% of New York City's vaunted drinking water are getting saltier due to ...

A major Hudson Valley reservoir serving NYC, Westchester, and Putnam has seen salt levels triple—which could render water ...

CROTON-ON-HUDSON — Road salt and human activities around reservoirs in Putnam and Westchester counties could cause levels of chloride in the reservoirs to exceed state standards by 2108 ...

While road salt and gritting have long been the go-to solutions, their detrimental environmental impact and the potential for infrastructure degradation are well-documented. However, a game ...

That’s likely because there’s far less development in those watersheds. Road salt is considered a main driver of the increase, along with sewage treatment plant discharges and water softeners.

Legislation introduced recently in the state Assembly would allow local governments to purchase road salt from Canada. Assemblyman Patrick Chludzinski, R-Cheektowaga, has introduced A.5890 to amend ...

At Westland Hills Park, early arrivals brought empty road salt containers, cat litter buckets, five-gallon pails and plastic totes to fill with the suddenly precious mineral. “I’ve been to ...