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 | AS 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. 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