“…It is believed that this is an opportune time to state the objective of this committee, namely: safer water supplies. To this end, the committee is devoting its attention to the following: 1 There is a lag between the development and refinement of technical processes, laboratory technique, etc., and their application in the routine treatment and supervision of public water supplies. This is emphasized by the present status of chlorination for the production of free residual chlorine; that is, superchlorination or break-point chlorination.…”