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I figure snow that gets pushed around and salted and all sorts of stuff is probably much worse to let run into freshwater than regular snow, so that does make sense.
Yeah it's basically illegal to intentionally dump anything, even drinking water, into a storm drain or river.
When water distribution operators need to flush out pipes or hydrants, the water must pass through a dechlorinating device because dumping any chlorine residual intentionally would be illegal. However, you as a private citizen using chlorinated water on your lawn that runs into a storm drain isn't illegal.