Total Suspended Solids definition

Total Suspended Solids means measure of all suspended solids in a liquid; typically expressed in mg/L.
Total Suspended Solids means the total suspended matter that floats on the surface of, or is suspended in, water, wastewater, or other liquids, and which is removable by laboratory filtering.
Total Suspended Solids means the insoluble solid matter suspended in water and stormwater that is separable by laboratory filtration in accordance with the procedure contained in the "Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Wastewater" prepared and published jointly by the American Public Health Association, American Water Works Association and the Water Pollution Control Federation. The term “TSS” shall have the same meaning as “Total Suspended Solids.”

Examples of Total Suspended Solids in a sentence

  • Total suspended solids was analyzed using Standard Methods procedure 2540 D.


More Definitions of Total Suspended Solids

Total Suspended Solids. (abbreviated TSS) shall mean solids that either float on the surface of, or are in suspension in water, or wastewater, or other liquids and which are removable by laboratory filtering, expressed in milligrams per liter by weight (or pounds per day).
Total Suspended Solids. (TSS) means solids in wastewater that can be removed readily by standard filtering procedures in a laboratory and reported as milligrams per liter (mg/L).
Total Suspended Solids. - means the insoluble solid matter suspended in wastewater that is separable by laboratory filtration in accordance with the procedure contained in Standard Methods.
Total Suspended Solids or “TSS” means the measurable component of solid matter suspended in water or wastewater; and
Total Suspended Solids or "TSS" means a measure of the mass of all suspended solids in a sample typically measured in milligrams per liter (mg/l).
Total Suspended Solids or “TSS” means the total amount of solids per litre in wastewater retained by a filter.
Total Suspended Solids or “TSS” means settleable solid material that is transported by runoff or suspended within runoff.