Total Suspended Solids

Term · Environment · MLC-T-ENV-028330

1. A measure of the suspended solids in wastewater, effluent, or water bodies, determined by tests for total suspended nonfilterable solids.

2. A measure of the filterable solids present in a sample, as determined by the method specified in 40 CFR Part 136.

3. A measure of the suspended solids in wastewater, effluent, or water bodies, determined by tests for "total suspended non-filterable solids."

4. Total suspended solids. [40 CFR 437.2 (CFR 2013)][40 CFR 432.2 (CFR 2013)]

5. Total suspended solids, Parameter 55.

6. Pollutant parameter total suspended solids.

7. Total suspended non-filterable solids.

8. A measure of the filterable solids present in a sample, as determined by the method specified in Part 136.

9. A measure of filterable material suspended in water.

10. A measure of the suspended solids in wastewater, effluent, or waterbodies, determined by tests for total suspended non-filterable solids.

Table 1. Record
Identifier	MLC-T-ENV-028330
Field	Environment
Subject	Water
Abbreviation	TSS
References	Aquatic Biodiversity Glossary; National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) Glossary; Terms of Environment; 40 CFR 438.2 (CFR 2013); 40 CFR 444.11 (CFR 2013); 40 CFR 133.101 (CFR 2013); 40 CFR 401.11 (CFR 2017); NPDES Permit Writers Glossary; NPDES Permit Writers Manual Glossary; NSTEPS Online Glossary of Terms; N-STEPS Online Glossary of Terms; Federal Land Management in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed Glossary

Record as JSON

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    "Terms of Environment",
    "40 CFR 438.2 (CFR 2013)",
    "40 CFR 444.11 (CFR 2013)",
    "40 CFR 133.101 (CFR 2013)",
    "40 CFR 401.11 (CFR 2017)",
    "NPDES Permit Writers Glossary; NPDES Permit Writers Manual Glossary",
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    "Federal Land Management in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed Glossary"
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  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/total-suspended-solids/"
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