The Aeration of Water.
Water in its natural state is never found chemically pure; matter more or less foreign is identified with it and detected under the test of the chemist. Nevertheless waters thus found are fit for human consumption and, taken from nature's laboratory, are pure enough for general use.
The methods adopted for purifying water are oxidation or aeration and filtration. Nature in herself practices and carries on successfully the process of purification. When her administration is interfered with by man's construction of dams and reservoirs to confine her waters, it then becomes necessary for him by science, investigation and mechanical means to imitate her example. In this attempt he must recognize her laws. Oxidation or aeration is one of nature’s processes carried on successlully for the purification of water. The oxygen is dissolved in the water, coming in contact with whatever organic matter may be associated with the water, changing into nitrites and carbonic acid. The greater the agitation of the waters the greater the beneficial changes thus wrought.
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