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Show i BURLEY FACED WITH I CITY WATER PROBLEM j j BURLEY, Idaho, June 9. The growth of Burley is threatened by the condition of its water supply. The town must solve the question of a suitable suit-able supply of water for domestic pur-It' pur-It' poses before plans for development can r bp- considered. . This fact was brought to the attcn-i attcn-i lion of the city administration when a j report of a water test from the J. E. " ' Miller deep well was submitted by E. ';' 3-;. Laughbaugh, chief of the state bu-I bu-I ' reau of public health, showing the ' 1 water to be undesirable and no induce-T induce-T merit for extension of city limits The analysis reveals an excess ol )l ' solids, being .890. Nitrogen as nitrates is" found in a .2C0 quantity and chln- rides In a ratio of .165. Experts be-' be-' ' , lieve that as pumping the Miller well I progresses the water will become so highly alkaloid as to render it unfitj I for domestic use. Burley's oitizens I bad confidently expected to obtain an Bbundance of pure water from under-, under-, grouud sources, but the results of the -I Miller well tests Would indicate that ' ' euch. is an impossibility. |