Gloucester County Democrat., 1909-05-06

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shines down on the towns above men-
toned reflects considerable bad blood.
Not all talk tax rates, and sidewalks,
and lights and schools and money, ali
the time, and the feeling is so acute
/ that a full vote is sure to be polled.
The registry lists of the Westyille
! side show 240 voters while the New
bod poll is 100.
Turbidity is 0, showing practically
/ no clayey or earthly matter in suspen-
! sion.
4 Total solids is given as 90 I might
! say here, in giving the percentages,
the analyst is reckoning SO many parts
to the million, and the unit of meas
urement is the cubic centimeter. The
presence of solids in a water may be
/ due to the strata from which the water
is taken or the surface over which it
/ flows, and the solids referred to as
solids in suspension and solids in So
luton, are reckoned in the total as
| 80 parts in million.
In order to give the figures their
full significance / have a few COM
parates under each heading where
such comparisons could be found. For
instance, in total solids we have in
Woodbury. water 80 parts to the mill
lion. "A table of comparates show:
In rain, 29.5; upland surface, 96.7;
deep we'll, 1925. spring, 2S2.0 Dr.
Smart (Nat. Board of Health). Safe
limit, 800; to be condemned, 1000 DR..
Leeds standard for American rivers
10000. Wauklyn regards as permis-
sible, 575.
Loss on ignition is given as 81 and
denotes the part of the 80 parts of
/ total solids, which is combustible or
the organic proportion of the solids
Mineral residue SO parts, which com
pletes the total of the go, and gives
the unusually low percentage of min
eral matter, which explains the ex-
ceeding softness of Woodbury. water.
Appearance on Ignition, Darkening
shows it to be peaty or meadow
water.
AS Ammonia, 004 Gree Ammonia)
Average in sundry waters known to
be pure, 041. Average in sundry
waters known to be impure, 875. DR..
Lees gives as permissible .01-.12
By permanganate in solution, 05S;
By permanganate in solution is meant
the test used in determining the per-
is determined as 058, as against al
bumino1d ammonia in waters known
to be pure .079, in waters known to
be polluted .479. DR.. Leeds gives al
buminoid ammonia permissible 1928.
As nitrites 90 (denoting freedom
from sewage contamination AS nj
trates 0.44 Table of comparates shows
in waters known to be pure Al, waters
known to be impure 719; dangerously
polluted, fElkin) 7.19; Vienna Com.
allows 1.04, Hanover Com.allows 2.06;
Brandes Com. allows 100. Leeds
standard for American rivers, Ill
3.89, as against our A.
Chlorine rs. Water is rarely found
to be free from chlorine. 1t is usually
present in the form of common salt,
which may be taken directly from the
soil or may be present as the result
of sewage contamination, since salt
is so largely used in the human diet.
Comparates show in an average of
waters known to be pure, 2.75, in sum
dry waters known to be polluted, 58.3
Wauklyn considers as suspicious 40;
Frankland, so. Leeds standard for
American rivers, $40; ordinary sew
age, 110-160; human urine, 1912, aver
age of "a samples.
Alkalinity 1910, denoting the per-
centage of alkaline reaction.
Hardness, temporary, permanent
and total is absent, but word might
be said here to show how fortunate
we are to possess such a water, and
the most eloquent way | know to say
T it is to say that the average family
saves from $40 to SIS a year in soap
/ bills by having soft water. A hard
water contains about Is grains Of
lime and magnesium salts to the gall
lon of water and each grain of lime
per gallon causes an increased expen-
diture in soap of 2 OF. to the 100 gal
Ions of water used
Iron, .06. Table of comparates
shows that drinking water should not
contain an excess Of 6 parts in mill
lion; ours contains 06.
The balance of the report from a
sanitary standpoint is most gratifying
and conclusive.
In closing, your committee wishes
to add that they are willing at all
times to explain any part of the re-
port which may not now be clear, and
further, will gladly cooperate with
any Of your body or the citizens of
Woodbury. in the interest Of one of
natures greatest blessings pure
water. JOHN G. CURRY,
4-b-'O9 Chairman