Salt Pollution of a Shallow Aquifer —Indianapolis, Indiana

Application of deicing salts to streets and highways is a common phenomena to those living in the northern and border States. This paper points out one problem that can occur from runoff from large quantities of deicing salts. Tests of water samples from shallow wells in 1967, 1968, and 1973 document the loss of a water supply in an Indianapolis, Indiana, suburban housing development and the subsequent natural purging of high chlorinity waters.