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DETAILS have been circulated of an emergency organisation which Imperial Chemical Industries, Ltd., Millbank, S.W.I, with the approval of the Ministry of Health, has set up to assist local authorities which may be experiencing difficulties with their supplies of drinking water. In many instances, owing to a shortage of the regular supply, water has to be obtained from other sources, the purity of which may be doubtful and below the usual standard. Such emergency supplies may, however, be rendered quite safe for domestic purposes provided they are first adequately treated and sterilised. Treatment with chlorine in some form is that generally employed, as it is efficient and comparatively simple in application, the four ageats generally used being liquid chlorine, ‘chloros’, chloramine and ordinary chloride of lime. Imperial Chemical Industries, Ltd., has accordingly posted a staff of experts trained in water sterilisation at its divisional offices in London, Newcastle, Manchester, Oldbury and Bristol, whose services will be at the disposal of any local authority desiring them for advice and assistance, which will be given free. Once the proper dosage of the particular chemical agent selected has been determined, together with the best method of applying the process, the routine application is comparatively simple.
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Drinking Water and the Drought. Nature 134, 19–20 (1934). https://doi.org/10.1038/134019d0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/134019d0