Tooele Transcript Bulletin | 1908-07-31 | Page 4 | Too Much Mud in Omaha

TOO MUCH MUD IN OMAHA citizens citizen imbibed HS tons ton of sedi ment in a year omaha neb omaha people have been drinking 31 tons of mud every day according to the testimony of the city client given in a suit ault when in the city Is IB protesting the bills or of the water company because of the impure water furnished during the year omaha people drank 11 tons tone of sediment Bedlin the chemist said bald the omaha water supply cupply Is taken from froin the MiB Alis souil elvei the murdiest muddiest mud mudd diest lest stream in the country although alum la Is used lix in settling the water and five different settling basins are contained in the battery of 0 reservoirs yet the as aa it comes bioni the maltis mains is murky the water commissioners are retus refus ing payment ft at tho the water bills tor for the last four years yeara