Turbidity

Turbidity

A unit of measurement which indicates the amount of solids in the water by quantifying the degree to which light travelling through a water column is scattered by the suspended particles.

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turbidity

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Thick or opaque with matter in suspension. Rivers and lakes may become turbid after a rainfall.

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