Show CITY i-i i WATER WAD SUPPLY MAKES GOOD SHOWING Bacteriological Count Shows Vast Improvement in Ii Canyon Sanitation Bacteriological examination of oC the waters waters from Parleys s 's can canyon on which was completed yesterday b by the elt city bacteriologist Dr Hardie Hardio Lynch shows a 3 remarkable improvement in sanitary conditions along alone the tho stream as ns a a. result of or tho the vigorous sanitation campaign oCtha of oC the tha eft city health department during the theS S summer u in me r. r Colon bacilli which were so flO numerous In Iii every sample examined early last Jast June were found in only two vo samples samples sam earn ples PIes In the last test these samples coming from what is known ns as Sheep creek creele and Mountain Dell creek creel just below the tho point of or Inflow of the Sheep creek creak l Tile The he total bacterial count In ever every sample showed a a. remarkable decrease however and in other places where colon bacilli were found in June only harmless water bugs were found this time Samples were nere taken from ever oer every point in the canyon whore where ia is was thought there might be an any contamination but none was found save in the Sheep creek water and the presence of ot colon bacilli In this water tater is attributed to the fact tact that a a. band of ot sheep had gone over the trail along alone which the tho creek runs only a few Cew da days s 's before the water samples were gathered The count In this water however was only half haJt what it was as in June Juno At Roach's halfway house hous which showed a high state of contamination earl oarl early in the summer the count decreased decreased de de- de- de creased from 1500 1600 bacilli to the tho cubic centimeter to only GO 50 CO which is regarded as a remarkable showing in iii the tho lino of ot Improved sanitary conditions In August the bacterial count at Roach's was O. O which demonstrated the results of ot the vigorous sanitation campaign started as soon as the bacterial count of or June showed tho the condition of ot affairs af at- af- af fairs airs In the canyon TIle The count at Sheep creek shows a t decrease of ot 1000 bacilli to the cubic centimeter also and at the reservoir intake the tile count decreased from 1500 1600 to 20 O b bacilli t to the tho cubic centimeter The follo following table tahle ShowS snows a 3 comparative com coin bacterial count of ot the samples tested yesterday and those tested early In tune June Sept Jun Jon count Pines sample taken count Hoach W 1500 IS Alexander cr creek k 2 It 4 0 D Dell leil I Pork KO O 0 lIO Mountain l Dell ell creek creck 12 15 el creek ercek 1 W 00 OO Cement nt works or 1 12 wo 01 t I Intake 20 IWO Samples have been examined from Cram Big Cottonwood creek also and nd remarkably remarkably remarkably remark remark- ably good god conditions have been dis dis- disclosed closed Some Somo of the samples failed tailed to show an any ari bacterial count at all and ana those thosa that did dill I show ho a count were cr very low ran ranging from 10 to 20 I. I The perfect bacterial condition of oC this stream is attributed to the sanitation work worl accomplished along alon the stream and elJ especially about Brighton dr during ng health department de department de- de the summer b by the county on its section of ot the tho canyon canon Jon and tend tile tho work of tho tile ell city department on nn that portion of ot the tho canyon Under I I its t jurisdiction jui I With such good conditions In 4 the canyons at this season of t the thu year little fear of oC a typhoid eP domic from this source is felt relt b by hI the health ati authorities t h 0 r I ti tIcs e s. s |