Claims Successful Algae Treatment.
Samples of water taken from near the centre of Mille Lacs lake, from the shore near the mouth of an inlet and from the streams themselves, prove conclusively the success of the sedimentation process to eliminate algae and vegetable coloring found in water according to Edward T. Sykes, supervisor of the waterworks at Minneapolis.
The samples taken from the streams show a peaty color, from the soluble vegetable matter and algae. The samples taken near the shore at the mouth of the stream have less of this color, owing to the brief process of scdiinctlta tion. The water further out in the lake, when the sedimentation process lias been going on for an indefinite time, G colorless.
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