The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1918-07-22
DRINKING WATER
SHOULD Be PURE.
SAYS DR. DUKE.
EASILY CAN RE
ELIMINATED: METHODS
ARE SIMPLE: Bl-EACH
AND CHLORIDE DE-
STROH GERMS
JOHN W. DUKE
Sss.e s-esfsh ccr-s S. cner.


Often the only avAila bic qahiac wsis'
s2gz,ly. especially sor cities 81 esonsld-
cradle size IN Oklahoma, rnRst be
drawn from streams whsch have flow
Cd for a considerable distance through
a more o. less shsckly. settled terri
tory II ss inevitable ihA; sacn
streams shoala he contaminated hy
sexaee from Inc Communities which
drain snso them II nasghi he assnn-
ed that <nch water sonl. absolutely
be unfit 10 drink MOI 80 very long
Aso tins would hare been irne. IN
recent wears. Aowever, gresi progress
has oeen made in TIE pnTifAcasaoA 81
wafer through sterilization processes
Pv means os siltrxfao- water Is ren-
serea clear and plessAnier 10 TIE
enses. II shonld ne ren@In5ered-
however. that the appearance Of VIA
ter has little TO d With sfs safety
The danger of disease from water
arises generally from the harmful ssc-
s.raa in H- by chemical processes
n4Aray an these bacteria can be
Killed
Ezc.<r,z Can Be Elrsanztso.
ne sterilization al conta-nias;ees
waters for the preservation and re-
sso-zi8an G. parity is ioaAy a com
non procedure. The destruction q
tie harmful bacteria Is practically
certain and prev2ilins Frhcilce Z
,.raperly attended ;o. Is reliable and
safe In consideration q the present
available mel hods for Sterilization
here Is no reason VIII waters sScald
raf he cs quality bsvcDd ooua. ~
Suspicion
The two common agents us@d fcr
sterilization are. "a hyg.ochlorice q
l-me. commonly termed hlesch~. thi
aBa aqu5d cAlor.ns IN each the &C
iise destructive eleneai Is ne same.
anelv The nAsceni o. free oxygen,
v Aseh upor llAration oxialses OF burns
nv the bacteria
TIE hrfScchlcrlte of ll1ne or ~olsach'
nas been used some ten or twelve
rezrs and durng ihis period iis value
hss been denoas1rsied N many IN
iAnces-Ccrmerly i was The sole rf-
Fable means 4 practical de-nonsfra-
son il the vxlue ot this Sterilization
& shown ~ The decline in ih@ death
rate from tylbcid fersr in number
4 csises amer using this method
ms decline n six fairly sy7iexl ciiies
sas as follows Baltimore - per
,enf. Clerelz-5 - per cent Des
gosnes~ a per cent. Ere. - Ier cent.
Erznstsn. - Uar cent. Omaha. =
per- cent
Chlorine roc.is-.
wrfhin The lLs- three years. how
sre-. elemental liquid Chlorine has
cr-ns into r56s use zn1 eec1uss q
rs simplicity q spp'icstior. iis st-
ans economy. Is bang sr-
lenkiTe,v employed Fn- rer-xrs-i
treatment plants 4 u extremely --zc-
.scsi In uzrv instances bowsre-.
.hs s1viics;ior q. siquid chlorine IL
rzs advisable o. feasible because 6.
ne sDal euEriitr q ccotz-ninsts.c
szte- - - treztes i kBct cases
ire .b'esch- sclufson n.rhot shc1ic
Re -esorred 70
ne re-e-sl na,eis5o- q TIE water
= bs treated ror4-ns &C great IL
is-s rhs s11u-- q chemical --esfns-t
necessary fu- s-s-fitrsfior Ts;s- &c
- effectively sct-1 zr.or IT the
.'hlssch- sho1i5 1ct be too highly
c--.zEi-E-et. ssoui6 - clear snt q
= rnHo-n o-rzric cc-Pokstio- Hy-
sccalo-sfs hss . seiectirs sr1io- @
nscts-1s s1s Is less effective O. tE--
hs5 water fck ssorif ts fll-s-ed
his sho1is also - 6o,. 4 re case
e water possssstr< k.rn - shror-