One of the water contaminants that we see making itself more and more common in New Hampshire is road salt. Our little State is always growing and safe roads are so important to our lives and our future. No one wants the salt trucks to stop doing their job.

The most common problem sites are at the end of a cul-de-sac or a dead end road where the salt trucks have to stop or turn around. Large hills tend to receive extra salting and major highways as well. Removing the Total Dissolved Solids created by Road salt Intrusion is not a simple process. Once the Total Dissolved Solids (TDS) are removed the water then needs to be treated again for corrosion control. Chloride which is found in Salt is what makes your car rust. It will also corrode other metals, like your pipes faucets, hot water tank, and furnace. Sodium of course can be linked to high blood pressure.

If you find that your TDS is on the rise take a good long look at where the surface water run off is going on your property. Make sure that it isn’t flowing right towards your well. I have seen many yards that pool up like a lagoon with a well head sticking up right in the middle. Proper grading along the sides of the road can help. Drainage ditching to run storm water and salt away from your well head protection area can also be very effective.

Think of the area around your well as being sacred to your health. I would recommend a 75 foot radius around any well, that is kept clear of Salt, Fertilizer, Herbicide, Insecticide, Animals Waste, decaying vegetation or basically anything bad that you wouldn’t want to drink! Perhaps a 75 foot radius is more room than you can spare but hopefully you get the picture.

Certainly there are wells on Islands, and along the sea shore that have no other option than to treat for the removal of the salts. However, if you can avoid treating for road salt by grading and protecting your water source you will be way ahead of the game.

Thank you for your continued support of Secondwind Water Systems. We truly appreciate your business and referrals. If you have any Water questions please visit our website at www.secondwindwater.com or call 1-800-287-5767. Until next time this is Chris Saltmarsh CWS-6 saying, “Thanks for reading!, and remember protecting your well head does make the grade, enjoy your great water”…

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