The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-12-12
Analysis Shows Drinking Water is
safe for Use, Manager Of the
Water Works Company
States.
rs SPENDING $4,000 NOW
Efficiency Of Plant Being Inereased-
ei-Weeky Analysis Of the
Water Made by the
Company.

~ Thai, That the Keokuk city water is per
fectly safe for drinking purposes IS
the statement of L. W. Young, super
intendent OF the Keokuk Water
Works company. Mr.. Young bases
his statement on the twice a week
analysis made by the company of the
drinking water used here, and which
he declares shows a high degree of
purity. Mr.. Young states that he
feels confident there are no grounds
for fear and that citizens are in no
danger in using drinking water.
Mr.. Young believes that the sample
OF water sent to Iowa City by the
city council for analysis, will prove
pure. He thinks that it Is possible
that the water examined by the Unit
ed States authorities was contamin-
ated after the samples had been tax
en- for analysis.
II the state chemist should report
that the samples sent to Iowa City
show impurities. then the water
works company will have its own
chemist make an analysis. The COM
pure water. The bi-weeky analysis,
en- that the water is pure.
The Keokuk water works company
is expanding $4,000 in fitting each
filter at the plant with a loss of head
and rate OF flowing gauge, apparatus
which will increase the efficiency Of
the plant.
Recommendations Made.
z recommendations for the improve.
ment of the water works here are con-
tanned in a letter to the local manager
from A. II. Glennan. acting surgeon
general in the bureau of health service
Of the government The body of the
letter follows:
A report made by the sanitary
engineer H. P. Letton, on the Gath
ult., on the results of his investi-
cations of the water furnished rail-
roads at Keokuk, Iowa, recon-
mends as follows:
Il. The war department should
be advised of the complaints re-
garding the mooring of the govern
ment vessels over the intake, and
request made to them that, If
possible, some other place be
found for these vessels.
"2. A building should be con-
structed at the liberation plant in
which the solution tanks for ad-
ding all three chemicals, could be
placed at such a height above the
water in tue coagulation basin and
the clear wells, SO that these so
lutions could be fed into the water
by gravity
''3. Celebrated orifice boxes
should be installed for REGULATING
the dosage Of the chemicals.
Unless these two last recon-
,ny,1 of ;oI
is a great possibility that cratic
results will be produced at this
plant"
This bureau has taken up the
matter Of the first recommends
ton with the war department and
now places the remaining two be-
fore you, with the suggestion that
they be carried out as soon as pos
sib1e.
This communication is signed by A
H. Glennan, acting surgeon general.
Will be Carried Out.
In reply to these recommendations
the president of the keokuk Water
Works company, writing from his New
i ork Office to w. c. Rucker, assistant
surgeon general in the bureau of pub
lie health service of the government
announces that the recommendation
will all be carried out. The letter in
part is as follows:
In connection with this subject
beg to advise that we are now in
stalling loss-of-head and rate-of-
flow gauges which we believe will
effectively prevent the irregular
tiles in the affluent referred to in
your letter.
However. in order that all ques-
tons of doubt regarding the ade-
quacy of our facilities may be
eliminated, we will at once ar
range to carry out each and every
one Of the recommendations made
in your letter."
From the above it seems likely that
the Keokuk water supply trouble will
soon be remedied to the satisfaction
Of all parties concerned
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