TSS definition

TSS means the pollutant parameter total suspended solids.
TSS means the total suspended solids parameter.

Examples of TSS in a sentence

  • Ideally, the scores for HSS, TSS, POD and CSI should be close to unity, whereas FAR should be reduced to zero.

  • Percent Removal: The average monthly percent removal of BOD5 and TSS shall not be less than 65 percent.

  • Specifically, section 133.102 allows concentrations of up to 30 mg/L (monthly average) and up to 45 mg/L (weekly average) for BOD5 and TSS.

  • The sedimentation/siltation TMDL has established a Waste Load Allocation (WLA) for sediment of twice the current Total Suspended Solids (TSS) loading rate (11.4 tons per year).

  • In 1984, USEPA published approved, alternate TSS requirements in 49 Federal Register (FR) 37005, which sets the maximum TSS value for California for lagoon effluent at 95 mg/L.


More Definitions of TSS

TSS means Total Suspended Solids. TSS is a measure of the filterable solids present in a sample.
TSS means total suspended solids, a measure of all suspended solids in a liquid, typically expressed in mg/L.
TSS or "total suspended solids" means the mass of suspended matter in wastewater retained on a standard glass fiber filter after filtration of a well-mixed sample after drying for one (1) hour at one hundred three degrees Celsius (103C).
TSS means total suspended solids as determined by standard methods.
TSS means the value of the test for total suspended solids, as described in the latest edition of “Standard Methods for the Examination of Water & Wastewater”.
TSS means total suspended sol- ids.