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1. The water flowing oa to the filter
beds may be,
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2.
3.
Nearly all direct from the streams with
no storage.
be mostly from the reservoir.
blag, bo a mixture of (1) and (2) of varying propertions, t
2. Apparently in wet weather, the most
of the water comes direct from, the streams with no storage at all, and it may be filtered and passed straight into the pipes with no storage at all, and it may be filtered and passed steaight into the pipes with hard
with hardly any
stay in
in the service rerarunic This but evidence has been found to condemn the aren either from ins
spection or from bacteriological ex amination provided reasonable pre| eautima Are taken.
4. The results given by the unfiltered
wator taken from the various: intakes. and streams scom to show that the ren is liable to sorse internaittent contamination with frocal matter.
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5. The contaminating however does not Appear to be either continuous or large in Ammount. It certainly does not ap- pear to bo in suficient amount to render the water incapable of being converted into a good defeking water. 6. The Fine Wood nullah shows twice as much contamination as the other in- takes, the resun for
for this requires to he fund, and put a stop 7. The method of running' the water direct from the intakes on the filter
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beds with no preliminary storage le undesirable as if there was any in- fection of the water "with" pathogenic organisms, they would not have time to die nat
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8. This method is even more andesirable
if the water happened to be älterad
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by now filter hod which was not set afficient.
9,"If water must be used directly fruto Intakes with no preliminary storage,
a very strict supervision must be kept
over the tres drained by the intake
Lo prevent its being contaminated with
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15. As a whole, with the exception of the No filter bad; the filtration results ara disappointing showing fartoo much fluctuation, the importance of prelimi nary storage of the water is therefore : manto cridant.
16. A standard equal to to the results given by No. 6 bed should be main- rss on the bacteriological results of the water are hasad on the presence of organisms giving the rene tion of bran badillos coli communis (Escherich) Futhor investigations will be required before the exact significance of the other lactose fer- mentera can be determined. 18-It is desirable that an investigation of the habits of the nightail coolios in
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MIRRORS:
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human excreta, and if should only be Every day, and often several times each
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be filtered by bed which la koown | day, the sound of muskotry. Is-beard, and to bo efficient.
the people are afraid to go out into the 10. The whole witer should be stored as streets. This ever-present danger is caus-
far as practical to before being filtered.
11. The filter Beds-appear to require ating a terrible depression in trade, and least a week before they become there seems to be no chance thabit will officient during that time the water improve at present. The old trouble of in used 48 for no I know and is not searching houses, both shops and private run to waste, -
dwellings, to discover arms, ia still in use, they should be changed Doa atal now d, this, the intrusion seems
vogue, and though it is the revolutionists not time and not all as the same time.
to be any more to the taste of the poople.
12. Therefore when
several filters aro in
15. The filters, as far as they have boon Meroovor. it. is reported that the soldiers.
Lestud, paver give.auch good results Inot and dostray just as did the old troops as are apparatly obtained at Elome of the Viceroy. The anger of the business 14. The rate of filtration of 400 to 600
people is therefore tieng, and they are yards gallons appears to give as good discussing the plan of shutting up their results (for a tropical filter) as 30 to shops as a protest against this onndition of 400 yarde gallons; but it by nd meant affairs, If they were to do this, it would follows that an increst of the rats op be like throwing dry matter apou a burning to 700 to 800 yards, gallone na is some-fire They are also talking of shutting tho times done would give
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