Chlorination of Deep Well Supply for Taste and Odor Removal
| Autor: | M. F. Trice |
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| Rok vydání: | 1929 |
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geography
Mains electricity geography.geographical_feature_category Waste management business.industry Taste (sociology) media_common.quotation_subject Water supply Trap door General Chemistry Gallon (US) Odor Spring (hydrology) medicine Flushing Environmental science medicine.symptom business Water Science and Technology media_common |
| Zdroj: | Journal - American Water Works Association. 21:255-257 |
| ISSN: | 0003-150X |
| DOI: | 10.1002/j.1551-8833.1929.tb17761.x |
| Popis: | In the early summer of 1928 a disagreeable taste and odor developed in the Siler City water supply. At that time the municipal water system had been in operation three years. There had been no objection to the city water during the first year, but during the second, in the spring of 1927, a taste and slight odor developed which was easily detected. This condition existed for some two months, disappearing before the end of the summer; the one remedy applied at the time was periodic flushing of the mains. No trouble has been experienced during the winter months. With the advent of spring, however, the taste and odor returned with greater intensity, reaching a maximum last May. The citizens refused to use the city water preferring well and spring supplies. Flushing of mains was resorted to, but with little success. Samples of water sent into the State Laboratory for examination were found to be of satisfactory sanitary quality. This fact was broadcast, but to no avail, and complaints were daily piling into the city clerk's office. This was the status of the problem when an investigation was begun to locate and, if possible, to eliminate the offending taste and odor. The present municipal supply was constructed and installed during the summer of 1925 and was put into service in September of that year. Briefly the system consists of two deep wells, 365 and 380 feet deep respectively. A separate pump serves each and both discharge into a covered concrete reservoir of 200,000 gallon capacity. As an additional reserve a steel elevated tank of 100,000 gallon capacity is available. All equipment, mains, service connections, etc., were new except one pump bought second hand. The fact that the entire system was of new material made pipe growths appear an unlikely hypothesis. Contamination from an open trap door in reservoir or elevated tank or possible diffusion of |
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