Slightly saltier tap water is possible as road salt washes into the Potomac River. WSSC Water said the water is safe but long-term salt levels are rising.
The National Weather Service estimates the ice thickness to be about 3-6 inches on parts of all three rivers. That’s creating quite the problem for barges, loaded with road salt that is desperately ...
Crews have begun unloading some barges, but the icy river conditions are complicating efforts to unload all of them, leaving ...
The greatest danger lay in the hard mineral buildup that formed on mine wastes exposed to moisture, light, heat, and ...