TURBIDITY PREDICTIONS FROM SUSPENSIONS CONCENTRATIONS AND CHARACTERISTICS

Nine types of suspended materials varying widely in their characters h ave been considered in this study to explore the effect of the suspend ed solids concentration and their characteristics on turbidity measure ments. Expressions have been developed for the different types of susp ended materials relating the turbidity with suspended solids concentra tion and their characteristics. Such expressions can also be used to d etermine the suspended solids concentration through turbidity measurem ent which is a simple, rapid and more convenient method compared to th e cumbersome, tiring and time consuming gravimetric method of estimati on of suspended solids concentration.