Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-01-12
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Waterman No. -S0..........:. 17.01

Moved by Alderman Kelsey, Seconded ss:egsie
by Alderman Lockman. that the bills
and time rolls as presented, read. be al
loved and ordered paid, and the city
same. On roll call the following alder
men voted y e KELSEY yeitch. Grinfiths,
GGnesman' Sanders. Whitman, Smith;
kleven-13. Carried.
Reports OF oaiosrs.
Monthly, report Of the city auditor on
the condition Of appropriation accounts;
.s ssPens Of ct , the- city or t5e ssns ,5a s !, +.
1915, report of police magistrate show.
ing $4,000 collected in fines: report Of
city weigher showing $3.50 collected
at city ahattoir showing earnings of
's172.25 of which 's27.15 was unco'leet-
ed; report showing S1l7::s5 collected for
meters and n1stsr repairs; report Of city
spections: repor of superintendent of
waterworks department showing 2s,-
$4,000 gallons pumped in November,
rents in Decemher.
Report Of Supervisor Of Filter.
To the Honorable Mayor and City Coun-
Gin Grand Forks. North ~Dakota:-
.u SSen;tle me We hereby rsspactfullyy
the municipal water filtration plant for
the month of December, 1917:
During the month samples were taken
for examination on ,tw%enty-three days.
the results. being shown in tabulated
form.
From the tabulated results it will he
seen That the average number of hac-
was about three hundred and sixty
eight: The average number of bacteria
per fifteen drops in the tap water was
six as compared with t%hirty-threa for
e eHssns'e Of IL. ' plant s~ns s ssstsrl'' ehi-
The water supplied to tina citizens of
sel!sney .d]ensandsa s. the init tinted IS STATE,
health service. The nltration plant has
has ever. been furnished over = thirty
The filter bed. have be,n completely
sMic,a ISnseth T., They are nox. WORKING
liter nn,srV BEDS Is s'1 not to b lros snnect frsm poor
The softening rlsnt wa. left to the
city by the Pittsburgh Filter
without having been operated according
f1te eont, mor. since the rssanding Of the
the chemical rroportionins devices and
the apparatus necessary thereto. 1t has
been found necessary to check. and re-
which should AVE heen tested by the
Filter COMPANY. These pieces of apps-
ratus, after proper adjustment should
work IN harmony and further adjust
pents should not be needed for period.
Of months.
Early~in the month We were. unable
70 secure sufficient lime to rreciritate
ascertained. waa = broken anti.pacSins
device IN the limp homer. After this
was repaired. the machire wa. found
not to, be working with uniformity.
governed by the arnount Of water paEs
Ing through the master meter, on the
other hard. the master meter did not
rsEistsr.the total amount Of water pass
rumpage. This resulted in a variable
shortage Of three to twenty per cent Of
the amount Of chemicals fed. You. may
has fallen on Mr.. 2Lunseth and his as
ststants during the past month. Due to
their zeal and conaeientiousnesx these
a,oeples nave either been overcome or
There stu rcmain two difficulties
month, First, the lime machine must be
tne-third more than calihratien. rs.
new, results will not effect the nlant az
hctency, A. the eFlu.nt is now; control
)ied BY daily ehernfc.l examina tSons.
later during the past nnonth has varied
from tI~Henty-nve-to forty rarts per mil.
lion. In order to lessen this tprbidttv.
ZION OF iron-in the filtered water, IL viii
be necessary to add the designated
amounts Of lime and iron at varinns
parts of the plant, this likewise, should
have been determined by the Filter com
pany. ~
nurtne the past month. ninety chem
isaa oesermsnatton were made on the
n1,f naeembsr lat vas lao psrts REF
"a sst PARTS per million, The averass
hardnsas In tap water during. the mast
Il ~0A q az M Ht0N ~>- +.
probably - 8 low as can be expected
In regard to the test which is due "a
Re run during th. month 81 January. II
other nnonth: when the -diriaultiet now
" siEhf VII be eliminated. IT Is safe to
a thataif no more chemical diniculties
present themselves. that those In charge
OF me water plant will be able to- se-
/, tractors. =" SVH
Mr.. lLunseth. and his assistants ~
antttlAd to the unanimous .comrnenda-
ton OF Ethee council: for their conscisn7
tioys work during the mart month.
State Public Health Labnratories.
011k md oRaoM $3.50 $3.50