Salt in the wells
March 6, 2022
State opts for bottled water over a fix for Pitcairn residents who have wells contaminated by road salt.
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March 6, 2022
State opts for bottled water over a fix for Pitcairn residents who have wells contaminated by road salt.
February 25, 2022
Members include water scientists, local highway superintendents, advocacy group leaders, environmental lawyers and government officials.
December 21, 2021
It took almost the entire year, but the state’s Road Salt Reduction Task Force is finally in place - even if it missed its first deadline along the way.
December 8, 2021
A mandated panel to study road salt contamination in the Adirondack Park still has not been formed.
August 6, 2021
The state’s road salt task force has a detailed report due to lawmakers on Dec. 1, except there’s a problem—the task force doesn’t exist.
By Ry Rivard
March 2, 2021
State lawmakers are apparently bowing to concerns that the study could expose the state to liability from residents with unsafe water.
By Ry Rivard
January 7, 2021
Nine years after they sued the state in the court of claims, a judge sided with the Fredericks and found the Thruway Authority owes the farmers $91,000 for the damage its road salt caused.