by Kim Kastens, Brewster Conant, Jr., and Katarina Spasojevic Overview: Why Salt Pollution Matters Organisms and ecosystems that evolved to live in fresh water suffer if they are submerged in salty water. Salty water can harm both plants and animals, and salt-stressed aquatic ecosystems experience a loss of biodiversity. Too much road salt getting into the… Continue reading →
Salt Pollution in Acton’s Waters
The Green Acton Water Committee has been collaborating with OARS (Watershed Organization for the Sudbury Assabet and Concord Rivers) and with environmentalists in neighboring towns to better understand the excessive and increasing levels of salt in Acton’s natural waters (brooks, river, ponds, and groundwater). Excessive levels of salt can be harmful to aquatic organisms that… Continue reading →
Where Does the Salt in Nashoba Brook Come From?
by Kim Kastens, Brewster Conant, Jr., and Peter Severance Summary The Green Acton Water Committee collaborated with the Organization for the Assabet, Sudbury and Concord Rivers (OARS) to survey the specific conductance (SC) of the water in Nashoba Brook and its tributaries in Acton and Westford. SC is an indicator of salt concentration in the… Continue reading →