Transcription of 2540 SOLIDS* 2540 A. Introduction
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2540 SOLIDS* 2540 A. Introduction
2540 SOLIDS* 2540 A. IntroductionSolids refer to matter suspended or dissolved in water orwastewater. Solids may affect water or effluent quality adverselyin a number of ways. Waters with high dissolved solids generallyare of inferior palatability and may induce an unfavorable phys-iological reaction in the transient consumer. For these reasons, alimit of 500 mg dissolved solids/L is desirable for drinkingwaters. Highly mineralized waters also are unsuitable for manyindustrial applications. Waters high in suspended solids may beesthetically unsatisfactory for such purposes as bathing. Solidsanalyses are important in the control of biological and physicalwastewater treatment processes and for assessing compliancewith regulatory agency wastewater effluent Total solids is the term applied to the material residue left inthe vessel after evaporation of a sample and its subsequentdrying in an oven at a defined temperature.
volatile solids do not distinguish precisely between inorganic and organic matter because the loss on ignition is not confined to organic matter. It includes losses due to decomposition or vol-atilization of some mineral salts. Better characterization of or-ganic matter can be made by such tests as total organic carbon
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