The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1921-06-13
MIll'ken Puts Sample Of Water from
City Mains Through Testing
Apparatus; Rosults pcoiar.
ed Satisfactory
LOCAL OFFICIALS ASK
FOR STATE INSPECTOR
More Equipment Needed at Plant
Declares MeDurnett; Larger ~.
ter Recommended; To Test
Every 20 Hours.

Chickaaha city water n safe for
domestic use. according 10 results OF
an analysis completed Saturday In
the city engineers laboratory. Tho
water tested however. was taken
from one OF the hydrants at the city
hall "a hours before the anylaais
was completed.
Il know no more about Il than
what Is shown by this test" said
DR.. y. L. Dawson, city superintendent
OF health, this morning when asked
concerning the condition OF the wa.
ter being consumed today An an
alysia Of the water will be completed
every IS hours. according to John
c. Milln.en, city engineer.
River Water Muddy
Adding 10 The difficulty Of remov.
ing all germs and sediment from
the fluid. the WGshita river water
is rled and muddy as result Of
the heavy rainfall and rise in the
stream, B. II. McBurnctt. city water
commissioner. faid today
The water tested In the state health
departments lsboraory was taken
from the mains on June when the
river water was exceptionally muddy.
the street commissioner pointed out.
Apparatus used in the city engi-
neer's laboratory, where an analysIs
completed Saturday showed the water
was safe for jomoatic use, was rec.
ommended by the state department.
More Equipment Needed.
Following a conference this morn
Ing between the city superintendent
OF health, waite: commissioner. city
engineer and Mayor 0. Corfman.
these officials communicated with
DR.. A. II. Lewis, state health com
missioner, who promised to send
the state sanitary engineer to this
city Immediately with orders to in
spect the plant and determine tho
deficiencies
That some ldtional as we'll as
new equipment is needed at the wa
ter plant, was the statement made by
Commissioner McBurnett. A new fill
ter has just been installed, giving
the plant a fil;ering capacity of an.
proximatey 1000 gallons per min
ute, or just enough to satisfy the
citys demand, A new pump with q
capacity of 1900 gallons pei minute
Is being installed. Commissioner
McBurnett believes the filtering ca.
pacity should be enlarged to meet
the capacity of the new pump. -Four
filters similar to those now in use
here, would be required to amply
care for the city's consumption Of
water, Mr.. McBurnett said. He also
recommends the installation of a
self-feeding chemical machine which
is far superior to the system now
used, he declares.
Written Statement Issued.
Regarding The condition of the city
water, DR.. b. l.. Dawson, Mr. B 3
McBurnett, and City Engineer Milli-
Ken, this morning issued the follow
ing written statement:
"The chlorinator was cut OF use
on Friday May 2S, because Of the
fact that a new filter wase being in
stalled. At no time was any water
turned into the clear we'll that had
not passed through the filter. The
city engineer completed test on
June II and this test showed that
the water was safe for domestic use.
Every precautCn is being taken by
both the health. department and the
water department for making and
keeping the water in a safe eondi-
tion.
In a telephone conversation this
morning with Dir A.. r Lewis, state
health commissioner he promised to
send the state sanitary engineer to
this city at once to look over the
water plant here