TO. ENERGY SOURCE

THE TOWNSMAN, Thursday, July 7g 1977, PAGE 11

~ Legendary waters hold -

BATH, England (cP) —
The “renowned King’s
Spring, which gushes 250,000

o gallons of hot water daily i in
‘this. elegant city in
southwestern England, may
hold the key to the discovery
of -a renewable energy.
source:.. for domestic
industrial and agricultural

: wsinee Roman times the
‘water, which has a
Sos perature of about 46
degree. ‘Celsius, -has . been
- endowed: with. an .almost.
mystical reputation for its
therapeutic value: because
- . of its chemical and mineral
. composition. But there has’
never been a_ thorough
"investigation - of — its
‘ properties:or its source; - -~
. Scientists believe it starts

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through the underlying
rocks to a depth of 400 to 650
feet and eventually surfaces
as the, King’s Spring,
possibly takin 100 000 years
to complete t cycle.
Such details ‘must -be
established precisely in
order to assess its
potentiality as an energy

source;
rt of the worldwide
sea for alternatives to
fossil fuel,
Technology Support Unit of

Britain’s Atomic Energy -

Research Establishment is

‘co-ordinating research into

geothermal energy, as well
as solar energy and wave
and wind power.
BACKED BY EEC

The geothermal studies
involve - a three-year

program, part- of a wider

are expected shot
the Energy -

survey by the European
Economic Community,
which is financing the re-
search jointly with the
British energy department.
The investigations are
being. carried out b
scientists from. Ba
University and the Institute
of Geophysical Sciences in
London. Preliminary results

full report by April, 1978.

N 0... geothermal
developments will be
undertaken in Bath itself.
The purpose of the project is
to attempt to answer basic
questions and establish
techniques for the wider
survey.

Fer example, the flow

“rate of the King's Spring has
been’ ‘measured “sirite ~
"1836 aind’no- eheck has ever.

not

and a.

been made whether there
are seasonal variations in it,
or in such other factors as
temperature levels and
chemical composition.

The only. existing records,
made between 1974 and 1961,
indicate a temperature
range of 44.5 to 49 degrees.
INGREDIENTS KNOWN

-It is known that the water
contains mainly sulphate,
chloride and ‘carbonate as
electronegative
and- calcium, sodium,
magnesium and potassium
as the oftincipa electro-
positive ents as well as
traces of bismuth, iron,

elements

copper and cobalt,
, dication that the water —

starts as rainfall. ‘comes
from tests of samples taken
from: ‘the spring which.—
showed. inert gases such aS:

neon, argon, ‘krypton and
xenon in the, correct
amounts for air-satirated
rainfall.

However, there was an
excessive amount of another
inert gas, helium, which is
produced b ‘decaying
uranium and thorium. This,
associated with
temperature of the water, .
indicates a long circulation
process, great depth and —
probably a large reservoir.
in porous rocks.

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