Less ice on the road leads to more salt in the soil, air, and water (IMAGE)

Virginia Tech

Less ice on the road leads to more salt in the soil, air, and water

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At the Occoquan Watershed Monitoring Laboratory, civil and environmental engineering researchers test water for salt content and other contaminants.

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Photo by Peter Means for Virginia Tech.

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