86 Department of Chemistry.
LABoRA·roaY No. 434964-Marked "Well No. 2, 115 ft. deep."
Bored 8 months ago. Water turbid. t
ANALYSIS eeSample contains 13.3 grams of solid matter per
gallon (.228 gram per liter) composed of sodium carbonate g
and very small amounts of calcium sulfate, calcium carbon-
ate, magnesium carbonate and sodium chlorid. There is a
small amount of iron present and traces of silica and potas-
sium sulfate.
This water is alkaline in reaction due to the sodium car-
bonate present. The turbidity is due to iron. It should be
a good water for drinking. I
LABORATORY No. 43497—Marked "Spring No. 3, Geo. Dick- \
son." Water clear and colorless. Very slight sediment.
ANALYSIS~Sample contains 6.5 grains of solid matter per
gallon (.112 gram per liter) composed of small amounts of
calcium carbonate, magnesium carbonate, iron and silica.
It would not be classed as a mineral water. l
BREATHITT COUNTY. t
LABORATORY NO. 434309 Water from a dug well at Jackson.
brought by M. Seargeant, Feb. 9, 1914, for sanitary exam-
ination. Nearly clear, colorless water with some white
flocculent sediment.
ANALYSIS-
Total solid matter11   1.,_ 1 .1,1_._1_,.1 36.6 grains per gal,
Ignited solid matter ,.1. 11 ,1_____,____ 1 29.0 " " " K
Organic and volatile11111111 _,___,_ 1 7.6 " " "
Sanitary tests: Chlorids, considerable; nitrite nitrogen,
large; nitrate nitrogen, 25 parts per million: free ammonia,
a trace. The large nitrite and nitrate nitrogen indicate
contamination.
BRECKENRIDGE COUNTY.
lA\l§()R;\'l`ORY NO. 43759- Spring water sent by M. D.
Stephens, Union Star, July 27, 1914.