THE NEW ENGLAND STATES. 79 



MASSACHUSETTS. 



LOVERS' LEAP SPRING}. 



Misc. Div. No. 4709. 



Gases. 1 



cc 



Carbon dioxid (free) 8. 9 



Carbon dioxid (set free from bicarbonate upon evaporating to dryness) 3. 4 



Hydrogen sulphid 



Sanitary analysis. 



Parts per million. 



Ammonia, free Trace. 



Ammonia albuminoid 0. 06 



Nitrogen as nitrites .00 



Nitrogen as nitrates 5. 55 



Oxygen required 2. 07 



Bacteriological data: 



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



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 



Lovers' Leap Spring is situated at Lynn, Mass., and is owned by 

 the Lovers' Leap Spring Water Co. The spring was visited November 

 30, 1907, samples directly from source being obtained for examination. 

 The flow was approximately 40 gallons per hour, with a temperature 

 of 45 F. The chemical analysis shows this to be a moderately 

 mineralized, sodic, calcic, nitrated, muriated, sulphated water of the 

 saline type. The hypothetical combination indicates that, of the 

 salts in solution, approximately 20 per cent are present as bicarbonate 

 of calcium, 28 per cent as sodium nitrate, 11 per cent as sodium 

 chlorid, 12 per cent as calcium sulphate, and 12 per cent as sulphate 

 and chlorid of magnesium. The sanitary analysis shows a small 

 amount of albuminoid ammonia, a large amount of nitrates, and the 

 absence of bacteria. 



In a recent letter the spring water company reports that they have 

 discontinued the use of the water from this spring for commercial 

 purposes, owing to a decrease in the supply, and that they are devel- 

 oping a new spring which they have named the Lovers' Leap Deep 

 Glen Spring, one-fourth of a mile from the old Lovers' Leap Spring. 

 A sample of this water will be obtained for analysis and the results 

 will appear in a future publication. 



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



