BROOKLYN AND ITS WATER.
Health Commissioner Emery, of Brooklyn, has submitted to Mayor Wurster a report showing in detail the filthy condition of the sources of Brooklyn’s water supply. The report is accompanied by another, showing the work carried on at the biological and chemical laboratory at Rockville Centre, which lately has had much to do with reporting nuisances along the streams and reservoirs of Queens county.
The commissioner warns the city authorities that, with the experience of last summer fresh in mind, they cannot afford to disregard the admonitions received from the biological and chemical experts. These, briefly, have shown that at five, or more places along the watershed it is common to find bacteria which point to sewage inflow. The most offensive conditions exist, it is said, a'ong the banks of the stream which runs through the village of Springfield, in the town of Jamaica.
If you are a current subscriber,login hereto access this content.
If you would like to become a subscriber, please visit ushere.
