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Dave Smith[_1_]

On 2019-02-12 2:02 p.m., wrote:
> 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.
>>>
>>
>>
>> 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.
Okay, they are using brine instead of salt. The brine is salt. They are
still using salt, but less of it.

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

My well is dug. It probably picks up more salt from me salting my
sidewalk than it does from the road.