A $4 billion deal to deliver hydropower from northern Quebec to New York City was approved earlier this month by the NYS Public Service Commission. A big portion of the powerline will be laid along the bottom of Lake Champlain and the Hudson River..
As road crews clear the snow and ice from the latest winter storm, crews are also spreading thousands of pounds of salt. Some of that salt seeps into rivers and lakes in the Adirondack and into some people’s drinking wells.
Zachary Matson.
We ve had a lot of messy weather lately - freezing rain, melting snow turning to ice. But the main roads stay remarkably dry and safe, largely due to the use of road salt. But scientific data increasingly shows that road salt is contaminating waterways.