Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1914-08-07

first discuss the possibilities without
the filtration process, and
then with the filtration process. The
river waters Of Oklahoma are for the
most part swift flowing streams and
containing very many RIFLES in thea.
Water Is said by many experts on
water analysts to purify itself when
flowing fifty feet over a rifle. II
purifies itself by coming into contact
with the oxygen Of the air In other
words, it aerates itself. Another adj
vantage that is enjoyed by the Okla
homa towns is that there are no
large towns above that empty their
sewage into the streams. While at
times the waters are not as clear as
they could be, yet in my chemical
analyses / have failed to find the
disease germs OF any dangerous pro-
portions. find that from the study
of other states that there are nos bet
ter waters anywhere than arr, found
In the streams OF Oklahoma.
Publication OF the waters by the
AhAtioeAOu BAVSOD7 40 uOW III use Dy
many of the towns in Oklahoma. The
water is purified by removing the
Isedimentation by means of coaguIa-
ton. The coagulate used is alum
alone but sulphate of iron with lime
may be used. Either of these agents
form sticky, gelatinous precipitate
by combining with the substances in
the water. The suspended water is
removed by sedimentation or by
passing the water through the sard.
Having removed the sediment. that
upon which the germs thrive, the
water is pumped into standpipes
where 1t remains for some time and
many more of the germs die. Germs
do not thrive well in stored water
and especially is that true IL the
sediment has been removed. Thone
towns that have not the filtration
plants should install them at once
as there is no better asset for a
town than good drinking water and
this is one cf the best ways OF Sc
curing It,
Kansas City and Omaha find that
the filtration process is not suffic-
lent at certain times of the year to
make it safe water for drinking pur-
pose and the supplement the coag-
ulation and sedimentation process
by treating the effluent with hypo-
chlorite of lime. They have found
the use Of hypochlorite of lime very
satisfactory. AT very low cost,
those towns that have the filtration
process could add the hypochlorite
OF lime process and have the very
best water possible.
Now. word to you who have not
the city water and wish to remove
the deleterous germs. Boiling the
water is an efficient and very satis-
factory method Of using it in the
home. The best and most and most
sure method of boiling is to heat the
water to scaIding temperature, let
it cool and then heat to boiling. BY
this process all the germs will have
been killed.
You say that the water tastes flat
and you do not like 1t for drinking
purposes. Pour 1t back and forth
from one vessel to another a few
times and it will lose the taste, that
Is. 1t will aerate itself. would advise
the boiling of we'll water at this time
of the year before drinking. The
safest. least inconvenient. and most
efficient method, one that can be
used elsewhere Is the use of chem
ical, hypochlorite of lime known at
your drug store as common bleach
ing powder, chloride of lime, or cal
cium hypochlorite All drug stores
handle it. Understand that the hy-
pochlorite will not replace the filtra-
tion process neither will 1t clear away
water of sediment. within water
reasonably clear" DR.. Laughlin says,
from three to six-tenths one part
of available chlorine to one million
parts Of water will destroy the germs
like cholera. typhoid. dysentery, and
the colon bacillus" There are about
thirty-three per cent of available
chlorine in bleaching powders, so
one or two parts by weight of chlo-
ride of lime, per million. parts of
water will be required. This is a very
small quantity. From one-eight to
one-sixteenth of grain being requir-