On Tue, 12 Feb 2019 11:31:48 -0500, Dave Smith
> wrote:

>On 2019-02-12 7:04 a.m., wrote:
>> On Mon, 11 Feb 2019 20:01:44 -0800 (PST), "
>
>>> We've got a fleet of snow plows as well as mountains of salt ready to be used.
>>> However, we don't use sand.
>>
>> Outside the city we use sand only - people have wells and salt
>> draining from the road is deadly.
>>
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>
>Really? Nova Scotia has modified its approach to winter road
>maintenance by using more efficient methods of salting, but it still
>uses a lot of salt on its roads. For a number of years they have been
>applying it proactively, applying a salt solution to the roads before
>the snow starts.
>
>Well salt pollution is not much of an issue in rural areas. There is
>relatively little salt used per unit area compared to urban areas where
>there are many more roads and higher standards. My well is only about 60
>feet from the road and I have no salt issues.

Yes, really. In town and also on the highways they are using the
pre-brining solution, very successfully, but wells don't abut
highways.

It would also depend on whether your well is a dug or drilled well,
still many dug wells operating happily in NS.