Salt Polution

[carbore]

I walked up the lane in today and its was chucking it down with rain after all the cold and ice etc.

Lots of runoff from the local roads, full of salt, draining right into the stream that runs at the boundary of my land that also feeds my wildlife ponds. The water was red in parts as there were huge piles of grit chucked out the back of the lorry (normal gritter wont come down here).

Im fairly sue this is not very good for the large number of frogs, newts, badgers, toads, and possibly some fish (freshwater obviously) in my ponds!

Whit do they do in places where its frozes mroe often, you cant keep chucking tons of slat everywhere or youll poinon everything in site?

Anyone got any experience of this? is there a "safe level" for salination caused by run off (e.g. issued by the Environment Agency)

[Saffy]

There's a fair bit of North American research published on the topic which can be found via google. I doubt there is much in way of UK study on the environmental impact.

nice article http://www.newyorkwater.org/downloadedArticles/ENVIRONMENTANIMPACT.cfm

[V8MoneyPit]

Im fairly sue this is not very good for the large number of frogs, newts, badgers, toads, and possibly some fish (freshwater obviously) in my ponds!

Badgers in your ponds????   :shock: :lol:

But seriously, an interesting issue. Someone also commented on the salt blocking drains and causing flooding when the snow stops and the rain starts.

[cooper956]

there is a post on this on the farming fourm i go on  as farmers are now haveing to jump though hope with slurry ect but all this salt gets chuched about. but farming is going to be a unecanomical mess soon if someone dosent stop makeing rules what will the roads be like if someone says  we carnt use salt/grit? fact is we carnt live and protect the enviroment too its a balanceing act and all too often its the wrong things that get  stoped or controled and the people makeing the rules rarely have have to live by them.

[Lucy1978]

You should see what it does to teh bridges and other structures on the road network.