Date:10/5/07
URL:http://waterontheweb.org/under/waterquality/turbidity.html
Title: Water on the Web
Today I found an amazing source on water turbidity. There is so much information on this site that it wouldn't be beneficial to try to cover it all on one post and I'm sure that I will be able to post more on it in the future. So for today's post I will be covering the section entitled "Why Is it Important?". This section explained what exactly water turbidity is, some of its causes, and some of its effects. I found that water turbidity is measured by the murkiness caused by the amount of total suspended solids (or TSS) in the water. I also found that "The major source of turbidity in the open water zone of most lakes is typically phytoplankton, but closer to shore, particulates may also be clays and silts from shoreline erosion."
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