The courier-index., 1918-06-14
hi, NO 2 WILL Be
PUT IN use AGAIN

rooM NEW WELL sno"o M"
..o SULPHUR CAUSE uN-
,lsAsANr TASTE AND oooR.
,,te persistent rumors that
.,,a,s water supply is contami-
- Nth deadly bacteria OF all
49, - the statement may be posi-
h,s made that there is nothing
'sp with the water except
IoDs @ nnnleasant odor and taste due
'p ..ssnce of iron and sulphur, as
IN by a chemical analysis recent
m.de by Prof. J. Sam Guy of the
.rtment of chemistry, University
.rtansas. DR.. w. B. Bean, city
I'm officer, sent a specimen of
water to the University for
..uvsis Prof Guys letter and ac-
.nnanying analysis follow:
= am sending you herewith a
.smical analysis which we have
,ven our very careful attention.
y,st YOU will clearly understand 1t
veil nigh impossible, inadvisable
say the least, to make any def1-
u decision from one chemical an
mia especially one that is made
far from the source.
4u interpreting any such chemi-
j ANALYSIS it is absolutely neces-
(.rv that the chemist know more OF
III details of the position of the
reu the lay of the surrounding
md the position with reference to
nv salt deposits, etc. Without any
uch information l should say un-
Resitatingly that your water would
y condemned on account of its salt
Dutents. understand, however,
Lad your town has always had rath-
Il salty water, and this fact, of
ourse. would be sufficient to recall
huy such opinion. Judging from a
|meyous analysis of Mariana water
Mat find here, judge the pres
|snt well is decidedly less in its salt
content.
THE free amonia also is rather
|hgh, although a part of this may
have come from the bottle, stopper,
|etc The bacteria count, high as 1t
|seems cannot fully be interpreted
with water that has stood so long.
Fresh water from well would, of
|nurse, not run this high. 1t is
Known that the actual number of
bacteria increases very rapidly in
|closed vessel of the type used.
There are many cases of such water
analyses that would not be condemn
I'D on account of bacteria that your
water has shown on the day 1t
reached here
The fact that the water shows
practically no nitrates or nitrites> is
q good sign. This leads me to in
Ter that the actual water in the we'll
y not receiving any absolute con-
ANIMATION or else that the source
ef the nitrogenous matter is close
At hand'
The analysis is as follows:
Color, very slight.
0dor, slight and inoffensive.
Taste. family salty.
Sediment, considerable red brown.
Free amonia, 1.096 parts. per
million.
Albuminoid amonia, O.O75 parts
per million.
Nitrogen as nitrites, trace (less
nan .OOl per million).
Nitrogen as nirites .045 parts per
Million
Chlorine, 1928.
oAygen consuming capacity, 3.64.
sacteria count, 11,617 per &C.
Sas forming bacteria, 5 per cent.
EsEs
Another Report
w. T. Curd of Memphis, contract
us engineer and expert well and
ss'er man, was in Mariana several
aa,s ago at the instance of Mayor
! u Dupuy and made an exhaustive
summation into the water situation.
= : portion of his report, dealing with
ny nature OF the water, follows:
iour water supply for many
'ss's ~, past, has been drawn from two
~ ,.,'n, deep wells, respectively 604
~ Ois feet In depth. the former
ssIs y Deen constructed in 1900 and
y las'er In 1908. The water from
's wells, although containing
's0u' 4SO part per million of chlor-
: !. " salt, was not unpleasant to
y 4. taste and afforded, we are in
!. "s0' a very satisfactory water
: ~ uomestic purposes. Very little
! ~ was present-so small In fact,
!, !, y : snow no discoloration on toilet
q ua'h room fixtures.
4. = recent years the yield of the
~. ssss y. wells gradually failed and to
~ o.N me growing demands of the