Using Turbidity to Determine Total Suspended Solids in Storm-Water Runoff from Green Roofs
Publication: Journal of Environmental Engineering
Volume 139, Issue 6
Abstract
Green roofs are a technology used to control the quantity of the storm-water runoff and reduce energy consumption. Questions remain about their effect on water quality. Total suspended solids and turbidity are of the main parameters for water quality. This study investigated whether turbidity could produce a satisfactory estimation for total suspended solids (TSS) in the storm-water runoff from green roofs. Measuring turbidity is much faster than measuring TSS; a log-linear model showed strong positive correlation between TSS and turbidity () with a regression equation of []. This equation shows that turbidity is a suitable monitoring parameter for TSS when TSS sampling and testing are impractical or not feasible.
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Journal of Environmental Engineering
Volume 139 • Issue 6 • June 2013
Pages: 822 - 828
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© 2013 American Society of Civil Engineers.
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Received: Nov 16, 2011
Accepted: Nov 19, 2012
Published online: Nov 21, 2012
Published in print: Jun 1, 2013
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