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...Navy's device, like that of Caltech's Physicist Alexander Goetz (TIME, June 7), uses chemicals to remove salts from the water. Equipment consists of a packet of chemicals the size of a deck of cards and three plastic bags resembling hot-water bottles. Sea water is mixed with one of the chemicals in the first bag, which converts the salts in the water into other compounds. These are then precipitated by another chemical and filtered out in the second and third bags. The final product: clear, fresh, slightly sulfuric water...
...water produced by the Goetz method, while drinkable, still has a high proportion of salts (e.g., about 4% of sodium citrate), has to be mixed with peppermint oil to kill the bad taste. The two Navy chemists- Lieut. William V. Consolazio and Lieut, (j.g.) Claire R. Spealman -claim that their process gets rid of all but a trace of salt (less than half of 1% sodium chloride) and produces water more palatable, more healthful than Goetz...
...California Institute of Technology, Physicist Alexander Goetz has worked out a chemical method for the National Research Council. His aim: to replace the salts in sea water (which prevent water from passing through the intestinal walls into the blood stream) with less harmful salts. The resulting liquid "cheats the palate and the kidneys," but will keep a man alive...
...Goetz's chemical kit, size of a cake of soap, weighs less than half a pound, will treat enough salt water to make two quarts of drinkable water - enough to last a careful man a week. The chemicals (secret) are simply mixed with sea water in any available container - a bucket, a boot or a helmet. When the muddy material settles, the clear liquid is treated with a second chemical swished around in a cloth like a tea bag, poured off, drunk...
Final group to be formed is the Senior Advisory Committee, which will work on special projects throughout the year. Named to this committee are Thomas L. Farmer '44, George W. Goetz '44, Frederic F. M. Kempner '44, Wade Rockwood '44, and Thomas M. Stanton...