Piney Posted January 9, 2018 #1 Share Posted January 9, 2018 https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/01/180108161213.htm 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DebDandelion Posted January 9, 2018 #2 Share Posted January 9, 2018 Interesting read. I was wondering how the salt etc influences the fish life 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piney Posted January 9, 2018 Author #3 Share Posted January 9, 2018 Interesting read. I was wondering how the salt etc influences the fish life Very much so around here. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DebDandelion Posted January 9, 2018 #4 Share Posted January 9, 2018 Can you elaborate? Rather do u mind elaborating? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DebDandelion Posted January 9, 2018 #5 Share Posted January 9, 2018 Can you elaborate? Rather do u mind elaborating? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rashore Posted January 9, 2018 #6 Share Posted January 9, 2018 Not a surprising read for me. A very nicely informative one though, excellent. I'm already aware of some of the environmental impacts of salts though. I think a lot of people don't really think about salt beyond what they shake onto their food or scatter over their icy sidewalk. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piney Posted January 9, 2018 Author #7 Share Posted January 9, 2018 Can you elaborate? Rather do u mind elaborating? Big fish kills at bridge dams right after they spray the roads with brine and it rains happen often around here. I never trusted road brine. I thought the brine was what was killing off the frogs back in the nineties but it turned out to be something else. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Socks Junior Posted January 9, 2018 #8 Share Posted January 9, 2018 Given the amount of road salt typically dumped in the Northeast, I'm not surprised for the results in that area. "Of 232 sites, statistically increasing trends were observed at 66% of sites for pH, 39% of sites for specific conductance, 34% of sites for sodium, 29% for calcium, 33% for magnesium, and 36% for potassium concentrations." I guess the interesting part is that the fairly vast majority of sites are not, in fact, increasing in salinity. I would've expected more. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BorizBadinov Posted January 9, 2018 #9 Share Posted January 9, 2018 What is interesting is the area with the highest concentration shown has generally sparse population where really high population areas have far less. That would indicate it isn't just average human practices causing it but rather specific ones such as road salt or fracking or some industry, yet other fracking/industrial areas with milder climates don't show as dramatic an increase. That would be a lot of road salt, which I believe Montana at least does use, but I have no idea on the Dakotas and Canada . I might suspect something geologic from the caldera perhaps south west of that area? Perhaps everyone is eating a bit too much jerky over the long winter? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piney Posted January 9, 2018 Author #10 Share Posted January 9, 2018 1 minute ago, BorizBadinov said: What is interesting is the area with the highest concentration shown has generally sparse population where really high population areas have far less. That would indicate it isn't just average human practices causing it but rather specific ones such as road salt or fracking or some industry, yet other fracking/industrial areas with milder climates don't show as dramatic an increase. That would be a lot of road salt, which I believe Montana at least does use, but I have no idea on the Dakotas and Canada . I might suspect something geologic from the caldera perhaps south west of that area? Perhaps everyone is eating a bit too much jerky over the long winter? They spray more brine around here on country roads than over in the burbs. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BorizBadinov Posted January 9, 2018 #11 Share Posted January 9, 2018 (edited) 21 minutes ago, Piney said: They spray more brine around here on country roads than over in the burbs. I suppose that could account for it but I would have suspected more color in your area to match since you are surrounded by ocean salinity as well. I first thought I was going to see reservoirs here contributing to salinity since this is a high alkaline area already and on the other side of the mountains, but it appears not to be a factor. edit: forgot to add we only used sand for road maintenance on the Idaho side. Edited January 9, 2018 by BorizBadinov because I forget stuff 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piney Posted January 9, 2018 Author #12 Share Posted January 9, 2018 4 minutes ago, BorizBadinov said: I suppose that could account for it but I would have suspected more color in your area to match since you are surrounded by ocean salinity as well. I first thought I was going to see reservoirs here contributing to salinity since this is a high alkaline area already and on the other side of the mountains, but it appears not to be a factor. edit: forgot to add we only used sand for road maintenance on the Idaho side. The sea has been rising pretty quick here and brackish water is coming further inland. We're watching the white cedars die off on the coast. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BorizBadinov Posted January 9, 2018 #13 Share Posted January 9, 2018 Just now, Piney said: The sea has been rising pretty quick here and brackish water is coming further inland. We're watching the white cedars die off on the coast. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doug1029 Posted January 9, 2018 #14 Share Posted January 9, 2018 5 hours ago, Piney said: Big fish kills at bridge dams right after they spray the roads with brine and it rains happen often around here. I never trusted road brine. I thought the brine was what was killing off the frogs back in the nineties but it turned out to be something else. I have observed tree kills along county roads in Boulder County, Colorado following use of road salt. The effect is more subtle in the ast, but it's still there. Doug 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doug1029 Posted January 15, 2018 #15 Share Posted January 15, 2018 When dry land is irrigated, the salts in the soil become concentrated in the upper layers. To get rid of the salt, farmers flush it out of the soil profile with huge quantities of fresh water. This pushes the salt water deeper into the soil profile from whence it eventually finds its way to streams. Some fields are equipped with sub-surface drains to accomplish this fatser. The next farmer downstream takes this now-slightly-saltier water and does then same thing, thus concentrating the salt as it moves downstream. So it's no wonder that streams are getting saltier. Doug 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piney Posted January 15, 2018 Author #16 Share Posted January 15, 2018 6 hours ago, Doug1o29 said: When dry land is irrigated, the salts in the soil become concentrated in the upper layers. To get rid of the salt, farmers flush it out of the soil profile with huge quantities of fresh water. This pushes the salt water deeper into the soil profile from whence it eventually finds its way to streams. Some fields are equipped with sub-surface drains to accomplish this fatser. The next farmer downstream takes this now-slightly-saltier water and does then same thing, thus concentrating the salt as it moves downstream. So it's no wonder that streams are getting saltier. Doug But the salts run off of the roads and they don't do that around here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doug1029 Posted January 16, 2018 #17 Share Posted January 16, 2018 14 hours ago, Piney said: But the salts run off of the roads and they don't do that around here. Salt from the roads goes into the ditch and from there into the streams, along with all the mud and sand washing off the road. Doug 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GlitterRose Posted January 17, 2018 #18 Share Posted January 17, 2018 Yep. Again...predicted. But it doesn't matter. No one who could do anything about it gives a crap. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piney Posted January 17, 2018 Author #19 Share Posted January 17, 2018 3 hours ago, ChaosRose said: No one who could do anything about it gives a crap. But they will reap what they sow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Create an account or sign in to comment
You need to be a member in order to leave a comment
Create an account
Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!
Register a new accountSign in
Already have an account? Sign in here.
Sign In Now