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I water also shows a distinct test for iron and the sediment
g consists of ferric hydroxid.
It is a weak chalybeate water. ‘ `
LABORATORY NO. 46588—Water sent by C. M. Summers,
Louisa, Lawrence County, Ky., for the Louisa Water &
1 Improvement Company. Sample received May 8, 1912.
ANALYSIS·OH€ gallon contains 199.3 grains of mineral
· _ matter (3.426 grams per liter) composed mainly of sodium
chlorid with some calcium carbonate and sodium carbonate,
and traces of iron, silica, potassium sulfate and zinc
carbonate.
, This is an alkaline salt water and should have some
medicinal value. It would not be a good boiler water and
would corrode iron pipes in which it stood. _
LEE COUNTY.
» LABORATORY N O. 36648—Well water from the mission school ,
_ at Heidelberg, Lee County, Ky., sent by Dr. E. O. T
' Guerrant, Wilmore, Ky. Sample clear and colorless with 1
some light brown ferruginous sediment. Received June
. 27, 1912.
Grains per Grams per
ANALYs1s » R gallon. liter.
· ‘ Total solid matter. ,...o.o. - ..1o.... 4.5 0.078
' Ignited solid matter _1___ _ ________,_ 2.5 .042
` Chlorids, sulfates, lime and magnesia traces. There is a
` small quantity of iron present in the form of ferrous
carbonate.
The sanitary tests show no nitrite or nitrate nitrogen and
only a trace of free ammonia.
It is a very weak chalybeate water and should be a good
water for drinking and domestic use.
LINCOLN COUNTY.
. LABORATORY NO. 36501—Water sent by Prof. F. P. Anderson
for the Q. & C. Railway from a spring near McKinney.
Lincoln County. Sample received about February 15,
1912. .
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