Total Phosphorus (TP) definition

Total Phosphorus (TP) means the total phosphate content of water or wastewater including all of the ortho-phosphates and condensed phosphates, both soluble and insoluble, and organic and inorganic species and expressed as elemental phosphorus, P, as determined using approved methods.

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Total Phosphorus (TP) means the quantity of total phosphorus as determined in accordance with 40 C.F.R. pt. 136 and Wis. Admin. Code ch.NR 219.

Total Phosphorus (TP) means the quantity of total phosphorus as determined in accordance with 40 CFR Part 136, or as EPA otherwise determines.

Examples of Total Phosphorus (TP) in a sentence

• Samples will be analyzed for five analytes: • Total Suspended Sediment (TSS) and Particle Size Distribution (PSD) (required for calculation of FSP), • Total Phosphorus (TP), • Total Kjeldahl Nitrogen (TKN) and Nitrate+Nitrite (NO3+NO2) (required for calculation of TN).

• The Bay Restoration Fund Act and the ENR strategy set forth annual average nutrient goals of WWTP effluent quality of Total Nitrogen (TN) at 3 mg/l as “N” and Total Phosphorus (TP) at 0.3 mg/l as “P”, where feasible, for all major WWTPs with a design capacity of 0.5 million gallons per day (mgd) or greater and discharging to the Chesapeake Bay.

• This project will protect 5 Lake McCarrons and the Villa Park Wetland System (VPWS) by reducing the runoff rate and the 6 pollutants associated with urban stormwater such as Total Phosphorus (TP), Total Suspended Solids 7 (TSS), heavy metals, and petroleum products, among others.

• Biochemical Oxygen Demand (BOD) 20-30 mg/L Total Suspended Solids (TSS) 25-40 mg/L Total Nitrogen (TN) 20-50 mg/L Total Phosphorus (TP) 6-12 mg/L Residual chlorine (RS) N/A pH 6 - 9 E.coli 105 - 106 cfu/100ml All irrigation sprayfield areas are sized appropriately to ensure nutrient loading rates for Nitrogen and Phosphorus are not in access of relevant industry standards or guidelines.

• If the plant can achieve effluent Total Inorganic Nitrogen (TIN) lower than 9 mg-TIN/l and effluent Total Phosphorus (TP) lower than 0.9 mg-TP/l, the plant would be granted a 10-year grace period before the Reg 31 limits are incorporated into their discharge permit.

• In August 2013, elevated levels of Total Suspended Solids (TSS) and Total Phosphorus (TP) were reported.

• Total Phosphorus, TP µg/L 2.0 ±2 EPA 365.1 Soluble Reactive Phosphorus, SRP µg/L 1.0 ±2 EPA 365.1 Temperature ºC 0.5 ±0.5 a Thermometer Dissolved Oxygen mg/L 0.2 (test kit) 0.01 (meter) ±0.4 (test kit) ±0.2 (meter) Bioluminescence Probe (LDO) HydroLab MS5 a Calibration checks of the HydroLab® will be checked with a field thermometer twice during the monitoring year using a NIST-approved calibration thermometer.

• Quality Control & Assurance Total Phosphorus (TP) would be sampled using containers provided by and analyzed by an accredited WA laboratory for TP analysis with a minimum detection level of 0.005 mg/L.

• The Bay Restoration Fund Act and the ENR Strategy set forth to reduce nutrients discharge to annual average nutrient goals of WWTP effluent quality of Total Nitrogen (TN) at 3 mg/l as “N” and Total Phosphorus (TP) at 0.3 mg/l as “P”, where feasible, for all major WWTPs with a design capacity of 0.5 million gallons per day (mgd) or greater.

• Discrete water quality samples will be composited using a flow weighted method and analyzed for the Lake Tahoe pollutants of concern: Fine Sediment Particles (FSP < 16 µm), Total Phosphorus (TP), and Total Nitrogen (TN).

More Definitions of Total Phosphorus (TP)

Total Phosphorus (TP) means all forms of phosphorus present in wastewater as measured in procedures described in “Standard Method.”

Total Phosphorus (TP) means all forms of phosphorus (orthophosphate, condensed phosphate, or organic phosphorus) measured using methods set forth in 40 CFR 136 or its successor.

Total Phosphorus (TP) means the sum of the concentrations of organic and inor- ganic phosphorus in the wastewater and includes both soluble and particulate phos- phorus.