Vol. 16—1962 - NorthEastern Weed Science Society

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The treatment consisted of applying a '2:ppm dosage of the
herbicide 111the Westlake and lppn in the South lake. This was completed
in August 1960.
In September 1960, 1JIped1ately £ollowing."ll1rricane
Donna, a strong
medicinal taste was prevalent in tl1! well water eJdDating from the South' .:
well. No silfliticant taste was apparent in the West well.
This persisted until the period between November 15, ·1960 and '
December 1, 1960 when the taste dilll1nished and finally disappeared.
However, in December 1960 the taste returll8d as strong as had I .
been experienced in the past. This reoccurrence coincided With the 18Y'1J!l«
of an und~ater cable in the lake by 1. T. and T~"
These two incidents appeared to lend weijtrtto the considera- I
tion that a distrubance of the lake bed was at lea~ partially responsible
for the production of the undesiralile taste.
~T.Q.Rl. INVESTIGATION¥....§.TUDIES
With this history as a starting point aridtbe taste still persisting
in January 1961, samples Weredrawn from the' South Lake (bottom
sample), the South well and a point in the distribution system which
embraced a combination of the South and ,Jest well waters. Trese were
anaJ¥zed, the results of which are"tabulated in Table I.
The cClllparative analyses 'olthe South Lake water and the South:
well revealedsutticient difference's to establish th'atthey were not the
same water. This~of course, did not rule out tbe'~osslllility that a
portion of the
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lake water was present
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in the well water.
Since Kuron is a phenolic compound, pheno'i determinations were
performed on all samples With negative results being obtained. This
coincided With preVious findings by others.