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Colorado Experiment Station 
ANALYSES OF WHITE ARTESIAN WATERS 
BUCHER WELL, ALAMOSA. DEPTH FROM WHICH FLOW COMES 
> 
923 FEET. WATER 
IS COLORLESS 
Analytical Results 
Combined 
Percent 
Percent 
Silicic acid . 
50.202 
Calcic sulfate. 
5.689 
Sulfuric acid. 
3.345 
Calcic carbonate. 
0.951 
Phosphoric acid . 
None 
Potassic carbonate. 
2.791 
Carbonic acid. 
14.346 
Sodic carbonate. 
31.443 
Chlorin . 
0.485 
Sodic chlorid . 
0.800 
Calcic oxid . 
2.877 
Sodic silicate . 
8.756 
Magnesic oxid . 
None 
Ferric and Alum, oxids. 
0.260 
Potassic oxid . 
1.903 
Excess Silicic acid. 
45.885 
Sodic oxid . 
23.267 
Ignition . 
3.081 
Ferric and Alum, oxids. 
0.260 
Manganic oxid. 
None 
Total . 
99.656 
Ignition . 
3.081 
Sum . 
99.766 
Oxygen equivalent to 
chlorin . 
0.110 
Total .. 
99.656 
Total solids, 14.07 grains per imperial gallon. Loss-on ignition, 2.2 grains. 
An older determination of the total solids in this water gave 15.9 grains. 
Sanitary Analyses 
Parts per Million 
Total solids . 201.00000 
Ignition . 31.42860 
Chlorin . 3.00000 
Nitrogen as Nitrates . 0.00002 
Nitrogen as Nitrites. 0.01000 
Saline Ammonia . 0.00100 
Albuminoidal ammonia. 0.00400 
WELD AT ELECTRIC LIGHT PLANT, ALAMOSA. DEPTH, 820 FEET. 
WATER IS COLORLESS 
Analytical Results 
Percent 
Silicic acid . 50.592 
Sulfuric acid . 2.926 
Phosphoric acid. None 
•Carbonic acid. 14.610 
Chlorin . 0.468 
Calcic oxid . 3.229 
Magnesic oxid . None 
Potassic oxid . 1.976 
Sodic oxid . 24.087 
Ferric and Alum, oxids. 0.236 
Manganic oxid. 0.100 
Ignition . (1.882) 
Sum . 100.106 
Oxygen equivalent to 
chlorin . 0.106 
Combined 
Percent 
Calcic sulfate. 4.976 
Calcic carbonate. 2.104 
Potassic carbonate. 2.898 
Sodic carbonate. 30.775 
Sodic chlorid . 0.772 
Sodic silicate . 11.175 
Ferric and Alum, oxids. 0.236 
Manganic oxid . 0.100 
Excess of Silicic acid... 45.082 
Ignition . (1.882) 
* Total . 100.000 
Total. 100.000 
Total solids 14.63 grains per imperial gallon. Loss on ignition 2.59. 
