The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1919-11-25
CITY DADS TAKE
STEP TO BETTER
QUALITY WATER
Hear Report Of Sanitary Engineer,
Public Health Service Who Makes
Recommendation for Prompt
Action.
NO ACTION is TAKEN ON
al ALBANIA AVE. PROJECT
Conner Urges City to Open Street for
Cutoff Of Car Line; Reets Says
Could Do Work; Martin
Promises Rails.

The city council in session last
night at the city hall, authorized the
expenditure Of the necessary amoun.
to meet the urgent needs at the city
water plant as recommended by the
United States Public eHalt hserviee
after an inspection Of the water pu-
rlfication works here.
In the report on the inspection %
the water purificat,on works here S.
Pincus, associate sanitary engineer
of the U. s. Public Health Service.
pointed out the following:
I. inefficient methods OF adding
coagulant chemicals and inadequate
provision fer thorough mixing of
chemical solutions with water. Rec
ommendatlons: Larger and separate
chemical solution tanks should be
provided for each chemical hot wa
ter used in making lime solution, ori-s
flee boxes installed for properly sdd
ing solution. A separate mixing
channel with many vertical battles
shoud be constructed whereby the
raw water is most thoroughly mixed.
The raw water after the mixing with
the chemicals should enter the first
settling basin with the lcast poss-
bic agitation.
The coagulaton Basins.
O. Tho three coaguation basins
contained too great an amount of
silt and mud to effectively clarity The
waiter Recommendation that the
two hrger basins be promptly AMI
thoroughly cleaned and not permit
red to fiji up with as much sed-
ment Cleaning of the basins must
re done mere frequently during po-
riods Of heavy turbidity in the -ov-
! water
3. "Coagulatlon basins as design
ed and now being used 40 not give
efficient use of basin volume Rec
ommendation tall aae two larger
basins be So banlea aa to give
eneta OF flow Of aboat three Times
TIE width Of lhe basin 1us elm uat-
ing The large dead oleas Of ehe bs-
ins and that a Floating inlet f'r he
oater applied to filters be installed
Recommends Additional Filter.
d. "The filter bed area is made
luate causing a rate Of filtration in
excess of filter capacity for pr1due-
ing a safe water This is especially
he case in turbid river water. Rec
ommendatlon: that an additional
filter unit be installed.
3. "T method OF washing fill
ters could be improved. Recomncn-
iation. int filters be washed mo.e
frequently, using greater pressure Of
water and also using the re-wash
'ystcm. that is, wasting the fi,terel
sfrucut for fifteen minutes after
each washing
c. "The scheme for getting tho
chlorine solution TO the e;fucn.s
from the two filters in proper pro
portion is very unreliable, depenl-
ing as it does upon the equal d!vis-
on cf tie flow of chlorine solution
N a level pipe to mix with elch ef-
Fluent Recommendation: that the
Ttered effuert from each he'd bo
connected and enter the mmo c'e'r
well. thus insuriug that the chlCrire
9olu:ion has the opportunity CT pro
per contact with all the filtered wa
er. This caange is imperative aad
urgently necessary.
:. The operation OF the liquc
chlorine apparatus is wholly uarei-
ab,e. due 20 insufficient quantity Of
chlorine being used daily Recon-
mendaticn: that the amount Of
chlorine added be increased to about,
3.5 to 4 pounds per million gallous
until satisfactory tests show that
the rate can be lowered with equal ?
afe results That also daily rec
ord be min aimed Of the quaint y
of c,Eorine used as shown by daily
weighings Of Tic chlorine cylinIer.
A duplicate installation OF the liquid
chlorine apparatus IS most strongly
advised to provide proper protection