THE NEW ENGLAND STATES. 41 



MAINE. 



PINE SPRINQ. 



Misc. Div. No. 2143. 



Gases. 1 



cc 



Carbon dioxid (free) 8. 2 



Carbon dioxid (set free from bicarbonate upon evaporating to dryness) 2. 4 



Hydrogen sulphid 



Sanitary analysis. 



Parts per million. 



Ammonia, free 0. 025 



Ammonia albuminoid : . 005 



Nitrogen as nitrites Ft. tr. 



Nitrogen as nitrates Trace. 



Oxygen required 6. 000 



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 



Pine Spring is situated in Topham, Sagadahoc County, Me., and 

 is owned and operated by the Pine Spring Water Co. It was inspected 

 November 17, 1907, samples for examination being obtained from a 

 galvanized-iron pipe connected with the spring. It has a flow of 

 approximately 5 gallons per minute and a temperature of 46 F. 

 The chemical analysis shows this to be a very lightly mineralized, 

 sodic, calcic, muriated, bicarbonated water of the alkaline-saline 

 type. The hypothetical combination indicates that approximately 

 48 per cent of the salts in solution are in the form of the bicarbonates 

 of calcium, magnesium, and sodium, with 18 per cent of sodium 

 chlorid and 5 per cent of sodium sulphate. The sanitary analysis 

 shows small quantities of free and albuminoid ammonia, faint traces 

 of nitrites, and a trace of nitrates with a low bacterial count which 

 indicates organic purity. Inspection of the premises failed to reveal 

 any probable sources of pollution. The advertised analysis is in 

 very close agreement with that made in this bureau. 



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



