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Hypochlorite Treatment of City Water

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Pacific Press Publishing Association · Mountain View, California · Feb 4, 1913

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 40, No. 5.

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Hypochlorite Treatment of City Water

The hypochlorite treatment of city water supplies, we learn from the Journal of the American Medical Association, has resulted in a marked diminution of bacteria, and a decided reduction, in some cities, of typhoid fever. The use of the chemical is to disinfect polluted water. Reports seem clearly to show that its use in an emergency, till a better permanent system can be devised, is beneficial.