Q. How are the lakes impacted by a rough winter like this one, with crews spreading so much salt on the roads?
A. If more road salt is used, more will end up in the lakes, says Stephen Carpenter, a zoology professor in the UW-Madison Center for Limnology. A heavy winter is likely to add salt to the lakes. It also adds a lot of meltwater, which dilutes the salt.
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