CITY WATER SUPPLY.
To the Editor.
Sir, —I would like to draw attention to the condition of the town water in this part of our city. It is not unusual to find the water discoloured at odd times, but for the past week or two it has been and still is very muddy. Even when boiled it retains the smell and taste of the swamp. On inquiry we find that in other localities there is no serious trouble regarding the water supply. Trusting this matter will soon be attended to, if only in the interest of health.—Yours, etc.,
HYGIENE. Ness street, Invercargill, September 19, 1936.
[When the complaint was referred to the City Engineer (Mr F. M. Corkill) yesterday he said that the trouble was due to algae in the water. The engineer’s department had taken the necessary steps to eliminate the algae and the water was rapidly clearing. Recent bacteriological tests had proved, Mr Corkill added, that the water in Invercargill was of a high standard of purity. It was probably the fact that people were accustomed to a supply of good water that made trivial defects so noticeable. Compared with that in other parts of the Dominion, the water in Invercargill was unusually good.]
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Southland Times, Issue 23001, 22 September 1936, Page 5
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