Have you noticed a salt-like taste in your tap water? For residents in southern New Jersey, a local water company is blaming the use of salt and brine on the roadways and sidewalks during winter storms for a recent change in taste.

Every winter local road departments, commercial parking lot owners, and homeowners use salt to melt snow and ice on roads and other surfaces.

The water utility said this issue is not unique to just New Jersey American Water, but part of a larger statewide issue.

If your tap water is tasting a little salty, it may be because road salt is getting into the water supply amid continued drought conditions, New Jersey American Water officials said Friday. Brine being spread on a Red Bank street last winter.

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