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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 
Silicic acid . 
Sulfuric acid. 
Phosphoric acid . 
Carbonic acid. 
Chlorin.. 
Calcic oxid . 
Magnesic oxid . 
Potassic oxid . 
Sodic oxid . 
Ferric and Alum, oxids. 
Manganic oxid. 
Ignition . 
Sum . 
Oxygen equivalent to 
chlorin . 
Percent 
50.202 
3.345 
None 
14.346 
0.485 
2.877 
None 
1.903 
23.267 
0.260 
None 
3.081 
99.766 
0.110 
Combined 
Calcic sulfate. 
Calcic carbonate. 
Potassic carbonate. 
Sodic carbonate. 
Sodic chlorid . 
Sodic silicate . 
Ferric and Alum, oxids, 
Excess Silicic acid.... 
Ignition . 
Total 
Percent 
5.689 
0.951 
2.791 
31.443 
0.800 
8.756 
0.260 
45.885 
3.081 
99.656 
Total 
. 99.656 
Total solids 14 07 grains per imperial gallon. Loss on ignition, 2.2 grains. 
An oUe“determination of the total solids in this water gave 15.9 grains. 
Sanitary Analyses 
Total solids ... 
Ignition . 
Chlorin . 
Nitrogen as Nitrates . 
Nitrogen as Nitrites. 
Saline Ammonia . 
Albuminoidal ammonia. 
Parts per Million 
201.00000 
31.42860 
3.00000 
0.00002 
0.01000 
0.00100 
0.00400 
WELL 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. 
