locations was 17 ft. The range of teirperature of the water at the different 

 locations is given in the following table. The velocity of the cvirrent was 

 considered to he slight at all locations. 



2. Pollution . Chiniak Bay receives sewage ft"om the Naval Operating 

 Base and from the town of Kodiak. The hay is ahout 8.8 miles hy 1.9 miles 

 and is landlocked on its western and southern sides, and on the southern 

 half of its eastern side. Elsewhere, it opens into the Pacific Ocean throu^ 

 a series of straits hetween islands. On July 15, 19^^, five U-oz samples 

 of water, taken ahout 5 ft helow the surface at each of the locations^ at 

 which test hoards were installed, were collected for pollution determlnationa 

 Two cc of each sample were planted in Domlnick-Lauter medium. The sajiples 

 from the Tenporary Pier and the Army Pier were both strongly positive, and 

 the sample from the Permanent Pier was moderately positive to this quali- 

 tative test for the coliaerogenes group of hacteria. While the samples 

 from the Marine Railway and the Woody Island Pier were negative, it is be- 

 lieved that samples from all locations would give positive tests at one 

 time or another. It was concluded from this test that the water of the hay 

 is contaminated to a moderate degree. 



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