Turbidity is the amount of sediment in the water. [1] The way you measure the turbidity in the water is by lowering a secchi disk into it and measureing how deep it goes untill you can not see the pattern at the end of the secchi disk any more. [2]
Turbidity is considered as a good measure of the quality of water. There is many things in the cloudiness of the water. Some are:
- "sediments from erosion"
- "Algae growth"
- "waste discharge"
- "Phytoplankton"
- "Resuspended sediments ( often stired up by bottom feeders.)" [3]
With all of these factors that can make the water dirty or cloudy it is hard to keep the water clean. [4]
Turbitity is the amount of sediment that is in a body or "group" of water that can make it hard for the fish and other aquatic animals to live there. [5]
What is turbidity?
Turbidity is the amount of sediment in the water. [1] The way you measure the turbidity in the water is by lowering a secchi disk into it and measureing how deep it goes untill you can not see the pattern at the end of the secchi disk any more. [2]
Turbidity is considered as a good measure of the quality of water. There is many things in the cloudiness of the water. Some are:
- "sediments from erosion"
- "Algae growth"
- "waste discharge"
- "Phytoplankton"
- "Resuspended sediments ( often stired up by bottom feeders.)" [3]
With all of these factors that can make the water dirty or cloudy it is hard to keep the water clean. [4]
Turbitity is the amount of sediment that is in a body or "group" of water that can make it hard for the fish and other aquatic animals to live there. [5]
From my observation this is a picture of a glass of water representing the turbidity that goes on in bodies of water in nature [6]
http://video.google.com/videosearch?gbv=2&hl=en&safe=active&q=turbidity&ndsp=18&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=iv#
this link will take you to a vdeo that shows what turbidity is.[7]
[1] Wiest, Austin Detective Notebook 19, Nov, 2008
[2] http://www.mlswa.org/secchi.htm 19, Nov, 2008
[3] http://www.lenntech.com/turbidity.htm 19, Nov, 2008
[4] http://www.lenntech.com/turbidity.htm 20,Nov, 2008 also Wiest, Austin Detective Notebook 20, Nov, 2008
[5] Haumesser, Emma class discution 20 Nov., 2008
[6] Haumesser, Emma 20 Nov., 2008
[7] Huamesser, Emma 20 Nov., 2008