The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-01-24
PENSACOLA WATER
PRONOUNCED GOOD
BY EXPERT CHEMIST

Sustaining It's past well Known rep
utation for beng the best obtainable,
the drinking water supply as fur
nished from the city of Pensacola's
plant, after a most careful analysis,
is again pronounced in. class to
itself. DR.. Henry Hanson, chemist,
who is said by DIR. F. A. Brink to be
among the leaders of his class, is the
latest to have passed Judgment on
the water supplied from this point.
His letter to Dr. Brink, which was re-
ceived couple of days ago, was yes
terday transmitted, with the analy-
sis. to the office of Mayor Hinrichs,
to whom was also handed the results
of the analysis. His letter to DIR.
Brink follows:
! Letter From Chemist
Jacksonville, Fla. Jan. 16, 1917.
DR.. F. A. Brink, Pensacola, Fla.
i Dear Doctor: The examination Of
the water which you sent over is
about completed There are few
things which / wish to check up be-
fore sending the final report. The
water is almost a soft water with
practically no mineral constituents in
| it. The total hardness of the water
is only rs parts per million and it is
neutral in reaction. That you see,
does away with the idea that there is
any hydrochloric acid in it. The main
constituent is sodium chloride. The
] quantities are required to get trace.
! The total solids are about 1919 per
! million and most of these are lost by
Ignition showing that the solids are
! largely organic matter.
The water from a sanitary chemi-
/, cal standpoint is very good. A
water of this kind should be good
!, water to use in boilers.
Very truly yours,
HENRY HANSON.
At recent meeting of the board
of city commissioners, the question
of having an analysis made, was dis
cussed, and an appropriation of $50,
or as much of this sum as necessary,
was made, to cover this examination.
= The result of such is as follows:
: Result of Analysis.
Free ammonia, 0.04 parts per mil
) lion.
Albumnoid, IL parts per million.
B. Nitrate, OBS parts per million.
Nitrates, none,
: Sodium chloride, s5.2 parts pei
:: million.
le Hardness, &c (total hardness
q parts per million.
} Iron, none. IF present it is toc
re small to be detected by ordinar!
y methods.)
m Alkalinity, or acidity, none. (Neu
< traL)
n Total solids, 1919 parts per million
", Loss on ignition, 1852 parts per mil
ry lion (organic matter.)
It, Mineral matter, 81 parts.
IN Mineral matter present is practi
cally all sodium chloride.
n To the above good report, Dr.
le Hansen adds this personal opinion o
~ the water under examination:
"From the chemical standpoint thi
- is good water for drinking and TO
, boiler USE"
). Upon being informed that the cit
- had authorized the chemical analy
sis, DR.. Brink, at the local laborator,
Of the state board of health, drey
y from an open faucet in the labora
tory, several quarts, sealed up tn
IS receptacle, and sent it on to Jackson
vile with instructions to make tn
IN authorized analysis.
Z. On several occasions the water fun
at nished from the local plant in sue
a inexhaustible quantities has been pu
rs to the test, always coming out wit
flying colors, as the laboratory chief
~ are pleased at times to refer to it.
One analysis made some years ag,
even before the city took over an
improved the plant so extensivel,
was by Prof. George A. Soper, p
d. of New York. That it is a waite
of peculiar purity was discovered an
so announced following a critical es
animation by Prof. Soper some year
ago. His results were as follows:
No. 1.-Turbidity, v. S.; color
S. odor (hot), none; odor (cold
none; Rec. on Evap., So; Alb. An
006; free Am, none; nit1ites, nom
nitrates, none; chlorine AS; iron, g
81 hardness, none; alkalinity, none.
NJ No. 2-Turbidity, V. S.; color,
- S. odor, (hot), none; odor (cold
none; Rec. on Evap., So; Alb. An
none; free Am, none; nitrites, 90
nitrates, none; chlorine, AS; iron, o
hardness, none; alkalinity, none.
No. 3.-Turbidity, v. S.; color,
s., odor, (hot), none; odor (cold
none; Rec. on Evap., S5; Alb. All
none; free Am, none; nitrites, 90
nitrates, none; chlorine, As; ire
OF; hardness, none; alkalinity, nor