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Rivers, Streams Becoming Saltier, More Alkaline All Over North America


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2018 Jan 9, 2:57am   1,238 views  5 comments

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1   zzyzzx   2018 Jan 9, 10:39am  

Exactly how is human activity increasing the saltiness in areas where they don't even salt the roads?
2   NuttBoxer   2018 Jan 9, 10:53am  

anonymous says
Many people assume that when you apply salt to the landscape it just gets washed away and disappears.


No way! People really believe this!?
3   anonymous   2018 Jan 9, 10:56am  

Fertilizers, ground water usage for irrigation(easily seen in the Central Valley if you fly up and down California, industrial activity, prevailing winds also blow west to east.

Look at the definition of what a salt is that was used in the OP.

The "warm" areas are largely agricultural and are or used to be industrial.
4   MrMagic   2018 Jan 9, 12:17pm  

anonymous says
or even all the waste produced by humans.


Ahhh, there's the problem, stop eating processed foods filled with salt, and all the salt by-products won't be coming out of human waste.
5   zzyzzx   2018 Jan 9, 12:48pm  

Sniper says
Ahhh, there's the problem, stop eating processed foods filled with salt, and all the salt by-products won't be coming out of human waste.


I'm pretty sure that is taken out at the waste water treatment plant. Having said that, I don't recall it ever being mentioned when I used to work a one.

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