Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-06-15
Atlantic City Bathing, Sand Beach and Ocean Waves
Brought To Omaha
FACTS
Inssnssly lntsr:stins and

pure, clear. and sparkling water
in which to battle fand to pro-
vide the best accommodations for
the bathers which it is possible
to secure; the entire object Of
the owners and engineers con-
nected with the project being to
create . veritable atlantic City
in Miniature"
The Swimming Pool itself will
have q water surface Of more
than an acre in extent, while the
Beach, which entirely surrounds
the Pool, will cover another acre.
Bath House facilities are provid-
ed for the accommodation Of
1000 persons at one time, or as
many as $4,000 to 10000 per-
sons during the day and evening.
Over One Million gallons Of
water will be required to fill the
Pool, which will be taken from
the regular City supply, and, aft
or treatment, will be kept in con-
slant circulation through the
Pool, . complete change Of water
being made every eight hours.
All the Water before entering
the Pool will be screened, filtered
and sterilized by an entirely new
process Of water publication,
called 0zonation, which is posi-
tive in its action Of destroying
all germ and bacterial life as well
as the substances on which these
germs and bacteria live. Further
than this, all the water in the
Pool will be constantly pumped
and circulated over large Cas-
cades, where the sun and air will
at all times aerate and purify the
water, Natures own method of
water publication.
Filtering Screens first separ-
ate all the large suspended mat
ter from the water, three Of the
largest sized filters made then
remove all the finest particles in
suspension. From the filters
the water is pumped to the Ozon-
ating machinery where Ozone, q
highly concentrated and very
active form Of oxygen, is pro-
duced from the air by continuous
electric flashes of 10000 volt in
tensity and passed through the
air as it is sucked into the Ozone
making machine. This action
closely resembles the action of
lightning and the ozone produced
Is similar, although much purer
Snd more concentrated than the
-lr we detect after an electric
shower.
This Manufactured Ozone is
then passed to q series Of three
large mixing towers where it IS
forced into the water under q
high pressure, coming into linti-
mate contact with all parts Of the
water, this action being the
breaking Of the water into the
minutest particles, the ozone pass
ing around and through these
particles constantly as the water
passes through the mixing tow
ers.
Ozone, the most powerful
bleaching and purifying agent
known, destroys all germ life and
delivers the water clear and
sparkling and perfectly sterilized.
The excess ozone, above the re-
quirements demanded in the mix
ing towers for publication, is
carried along with the water in
its flow to the Pool where it de-
stroys all bacteria brought into
the water by the bathers, finally
giving off its invigorating odor
and health giving properties into
the air. The action of the ozone
on bacteria is such that in de-
stroying the bacteria . harmless
gas, known as carbon dioxide, is
given off before reaching the
pool with no residue remaining.
The Purified Water will enter
the Pool continuously at various
points around the circumference
Of the Pool, about fifty feet
apart and under the surface Of
the water, and is drawn off
through the splash cutters en-
tirely surrounding the Pool as
well as continuously being drawn
off from the deepest parts.
This Constant Circulation guar
antees fresh, pure and clear
water at all times, and the Pool,
being fed at these closely related
points around the outer surface
eliminates all possibilities Of
dead pockets Of water where the
water may become stagnant or
impure. The ozone also bleaches
the water, causing . clearness
and brilliancy so transparent as
to cause the smallest particles to
be seen in the deepest part as
clear as it would be seen directly
in front Of the naked eye.
The following is . series Of
tests which were made in the Pool
where some Of our experiments
were carried out and which has
been substantiated and published
by the United States Government
in one of their Public Health
Service Bulletins:
Using One Part Of Osons Per
Million Of Water.
(Note-All bacterial counts
are averages Of three or more
DISCRIMINATORY.
Bacteria count In artificially
infected pool, 300 per cubic
centimeter.
After filtration and before
ozonation, 1850 per cubic
centimeter.
After ozonation, no growth in
l cubic centimeter.
After ozonation, no growth in
8 cubic centimeters.
In addition to plating one
cubic centimeter Of the water de-
livered from the zone tower,