Artesian Water.
—The analysis of the sample of artesian water given below is an example of the water analysis made by the North Dakota Pure Food Laboratory. It furnishes an illustration of the type of reports that are returned from samples of water submitted for examination. This report was in the form of a letter which was taken at random from the files of the laboratory.
Sample of artesian water No. 1936 from Moorhead, Minn.:
| Parts per million | ||
| Chlorine | 70 | |
| Equivalent as sodium chloride, salt | 116 | |
| Volatile and organic matter | 90 | |
| Mineral solids | 455 | |
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| Total solids | 545 | |
“The solids in this water are made up of sodium chloride, salt, 116 parts; volatile and organic matter, 90 parts; lime sulphate, a trace; lime carbonate, a slight amount; magnesium carbonate, a slight amount; and the balance of the solids are all wholly made up of sodium bicarbonate. This water is low in solids and of good quality.”