Putnam patriot., 1923-07-20
DiSPEL IMPURE WATER SCARE.
 SUPPLY SUFFICIENTLY PURE
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 (contiHued from Page one) stalled and in use weeks before warn, weather set in. Through no fault of me board Of water commissioners the work was retarded This was due to embargees and other hindrances which have set back all kinds of building operations. The plant is not as yet completed, but all of the parts have now arrived and are on tho ground at the pumping station in Har- rlsviile. and t is expected that h. plant will be completed and i'm fun operation the last of this month or early next month.
 Water Chemically Treated
 In the meantime, as already stated samples of water are being submit ted for analysis Co the chemist of the State Beard of Health at freauent periods. and the water is subjected to chiorination which kills all of the oaeilli. The chemical used in this on- eration is harmless and makes tbe water safe for drinking purposes. as evidenced by the chemists report.
 More Bathing at RoseIand
 lt is an open secret that there is more bathing than usual in Roseland lake. the source of putnam's water supply, this summer. On the shores q the lake are several camps in which city young people are spending Che summer months These people all bathe in fhe lake as ao many traasi ents wha go ta Rossland park for that purpose Picnic parties are fire quent and the members of ghese ear ties also bathe in tEa WafaEs Of Ihe lake.
 No Danger From Bathing
 Bathing in the lake has exfs. during Che years the body of water has been used as water supply far Putnam. and far years before. The wafer leaves ahe | Ae thfaurH .n outlet tiftv to ona hundred feet wide and flows southeastwaed for possibly three quarters of q mile where f. again hroadens out into what is known as "Sheppard,s Pond Can tinuine in the same general direction through another outlet the water flows for d mile or more to Harris vile where it is piped into the pump ing station and driven through the mains 10 this city. Those expert in such matters have stated that any contamination at the source would be purged before the water is finally taken into the city mains mile and a half or two miles away. While the thought that the water Is so generally being used for bathing purposes may not be pleasant to the consumer. Y the statements of the experts are to be relied upon, there is no daugcr from this feature and when the water Is being treated or filtered a double preeaution is taken.
 Dead Mule Canard
 Among the rumors that have been current the past week was one to the effect that the body ef a dead mule had been found in the water of the lake As soon as this rumor came to the ears of the water department an investigation was made and fl proved untrue in it's material part. A mule had wandered away and died and the carcass was found and buried but the body was not in the lake but on the shore some distance from the water.
 Situation Soon Solved
 The Patriot Is pleased to set the fears of it's readers at rest in sub hitting the results of its investiga- tion. It would seem that if the situa- ton is not entirely satisfactory that no one is to blame. That 1t is only due to abnormal transportation con ditions since the rebuilding of the filter plant was begun in plenty of time Co finish t before warm weather had the contractors been able Co se- cure the necessary material Now that the parts are here the filter plant will soon be working. In the mean time the water Is being chemically treated and frequently analysed to safeguard the consumers and the re- ports of the State chemist are as surance that the city water is safe to drink.