THE NEW ENGLAND STATES. 37 



MAINE. 



MOUNT HARTFORD LITHIA SPRING. 



Misc. Div. No. 2146. 



Gases. 1 



cc 



Carbon dioxid (free) 2. 2 



Carbon dioxid (set free from bicarbonate upon evaporating to dryness) 3. 8 



Hydrogen sulphid 



Sanitary analysis. 



Parts per million. 



Ammonia, free Trace. 



Ammonia albuminoid Trace. 



Nitrogen as nitrites 0. 



Nitrogen as nitrates .2 



Oxygen required 8. 



Bacteriological data: 



Organisms.per cc on plain agar after 48 hours at 37 C 2 



Organisms per cc on neutral red agar after 48 hours at 37 C 



Gas-forming organisms in 5 cc 



Gas-forming organisms in 1 cc 



Gas-forming organisms in 0.1 cc 



Gas-forming organisms in 0.01 cc 



Mount Hartford Lithia Spring is located at Hartford, Oxford 

 County, Me. The property being in litigation at the time of inspec- 

 tion, November 18, 1907, the name of the owner could not be learned. 

 Shinn & Co. (Inc.) are the selling agents. The spring had a flow of 

 approximately 10 gallons per minute, with a temperature of 48 F., 

 and samples for analysis were obtained from a lead pipe connected 

 with the spring. Chemical analysis shows this to be a lightly miner- 

 alized, calcic, sodic, bicarbonated water of the alkaline type. The 

 hypothetical combination indicates that approximately 58 per cent 

 of the salts in solution are in the form of the bicarbonates of calcium, 

 magnesium, and sodium, with 12 per cent of sodium chlorid and 5 

 per cent of sodium sulphate. The sanitary analysis shows the 

 presence of only traces of free and albuminoid ammonia, low nitrates, 

 and a low bacterial count which is indicative of organic purity. The 

 advertised analysis made in 1898 is in very close agreement with that 

 here given. Inspection of 'the premises failed to reveal any prob- 

 able sources of pollution. 



1 At C. and 760 mm pressure in 1,000 cc of water. 



