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Deicing salt applied to parking lots

By Water Resources Mission Area
A photo of deicing salt applied to parking lots. This salt can be the source of constituents in bodies of water.
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The Delaware River Basin had upward trends in specific conductance, total dissolved solids, chloride, and sodium. Deicing salt applied to parking lots can be a source of these constituents in water bodies (Photo by Meg Shoda, USGS, December 2020).

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