Implementing GIS and linear regression models to investigate partial building failures by Alaa Nuri Merza, Aram Mohammed Raheem, Ibrahim Jalal Naser, Mohammed Omar Ibrahim, Najat Qader Omar

“…Physical soil parameters such as liquid limit (LL), gravel, sand, silt and clay percentages were characterized first, followed by chemical properties such as gypsum content (GYP), total suspended solids (TSS), potential of hydrogen (pH), and organic content (ORG). …”
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REDUCTION OF SOIL INFILTRATION AREA THANKS TO THE WASTEWATER SECONDARY TREATMENT FILTERS by Marcin Spychała, Jakub Mazurkiewicz

“…The average values of removal of BOD₅, COD and total suspended solids for three secondary filters technologies: biological trickling filter with natural ventilation, sand filter and nonwoven filter were compared. …”
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Design Methodology of a New Surface Flow Constructed Wetland System, Case Study: East South EL-Kantara Region North Sinai, Egypt by Mohamed Gabr

“…The hydraulics of the system and the pollutant removal were based on first-order plug flow assumptions (k-C* model) to remove biological oxygen demand (BOD), fecal coliforms (FC), total suspended solids (TSS), total nitrogen (TN) and total phosphorus (TP). …”
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Tertiary treatment using ultrafiltration in an existing sewage treatment plant for industrial reuse: a modelling approach using artificial neural network with uncertainty estimatio... by D. Ramkumar, V. Jothiprakash

“…As prior art, an artificial neural network-genetic algorithm (ANN-GA) along with uncertainty estimation using prediction interval is employed to model secondary treated effluent (STE) flow rate (QT) and other quality parameters such as biochemical oxygen demand, chemical oxygen demand, and total suspended solids (TSS) to conclude the reliability of the range in which the input available to TTP. …”
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Biopolishing of Domestic Wastewater Using Polyvinyl Alcohol – Supported Biofilm of Bacterial Strain Bacillus velezensis Isolate JB7 by Muhammad Faidsyafiq Othman, Hassimi Abu Hasan, Mohd Hafizuddin Muhamad, Badiea S. Babaqi

“…The results of the study show the effectiveness of domestic wastewater treatment in several factors such as pH value, chemical oxygen demand (COD), phosphorus, nitrate, nitrite, ammonia, and total suspended solids. In conclusion, domestic wastewater treatment methods using polyvinyl alcohol beads are seen to be effective, reducing the use of sewage waste plant construction sites and able to avoid the use of non-recyclable materials such as plastics and synthetics.…”
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The first flush analysis of stormwater runoff in a humid climate by Reza Mastouri, Hassan Pourfallah Koushali, Mohammad Reza Khaledian

“…In most rainfall events, the mean concentration of total suspended solids (TSS) and chemical oxygen demand (COD) were higher than the other pollutants. …”
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In-situ manipulations of aquatic optical depth and its effect on small unoccupied aerial systems–derived spectral reflectance by Brandon K. Holzbauer-Schweitzer, Robert W. Nairn

“…However, in small, complex, and optically shallow waters where multiple OACs (e.g., chlorophyll-a and total suspended solids) impact the spectral signature, these technologies have experienced significant limitations. …”
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Inves tigating and Proposing a Proper Treatment Sys tem for Washing Machine Was tewater by Mohammad Sarrafzadeh, Narges Shirouei, Omid Tavakoli

“…To evaluate the efficiency of treatment system, parameters such as pH, total dissolved solids, total suspended solids, electrical conductivity, turbidity, nitrate, nitrite, ammonia, phosphate, anionic surfactant and chemical oxygen demand (COD) were measured for both untreated and treated water. …”
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Water Quality Assessment of Urban Ponds and Remediation Proposals by Andreia Rodrigues, Cristina Sousa Coutinho Calheiros, Pedro Teixeira, Ana Galvão

“…Average pH ranged from 7.9 to 9.0, average Chemical Oxygen Demand ranged from 36 mg/L to 90 mg/L and average Total Suspended Solids ranged from 7 to 93 mg/L. The main factors that contribute to these values were identified as the presence of waterbirds, vegetative debris that falls in ponds, and contamination with sewage. …”
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Analyzing Particle-Associated Pollutant Transport to Identify In-Stream Sediment Processes during a High Flow Event by Clarissa Glaser, Christiane Zarfl, Hermann Rügner, Amelia Lewis, Marc Schwientek

“…Samples were analyzed for turbidity, total suspended solids concentrations (TSS), particle-size distribution, organic carbon, and PAH. …”
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Physicochemical Characteristics of Waterholes and Soil in a Wildlife Park: A Case Study of Old Oyo National Park, Nigeria by A.T. Adetuga, A.O. Omonona, A.J. Jubril

“…The result showed that the mean values (in the water samples) of Total Suspended Solids (673.13±592.10) in dry season 2018, Total Solids (799.37±610.17) in dry season 2018, and Sulphate (469.34±354.94) in dry season 2017 were above the comparable WHO permissible limit while the mean values (in the soil samples) of total nitrogen (except dry season 2018), exchangeable Magnesium and Potassium (across all the seasons) were above the comparable critical limits. …”
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Surrogate-Based Multiobjective Optimization of Detention Pond Volume in Sponge City by Yuanyuan Yang, Yanfei Xin, Jiake Li

“…The pond size is taken as the decision variable, while the cost, total suspended solids (TSS), and catchment peak outflow (CPO) serve as the objectives for optimizing the detention pond volume. …”
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Development, Characterisation, and Performance Evaluation of Some Indigenous Plants for Faecal Sludge Treatment in Ghana by Issahaku Ahmed, Esi Awuah, Helen M. K. Essandoh, Sampson Oduro-Kwarteng, Dennis Ofori-Amanfo, Florence Cobbold, Joshua Oduro-Adu

“…The Yila wooden stem gave a potential of pollutant removal up to about 83.99%, 93.79%, and 91.54% for Chemical Oxygen Demand (COD), Total Suspended Solids (TSS), and turbidity, respectively. …”
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Hydrologic Simulations Driven by Satellite Rainfall to Study the Hydroelectric Development Impacts on River Flow by Tuan B. Le, Farhan H. Al-Juaidi, Hatim Sharif

“…This study assesses the impact of hydroelectric dams on the discharge and total suspended solids (TSS) concentration in the Huong River basin in Vietnam. …”
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Machine Learning Algorithms for the Forecasting of  Wastewater Quality Indicators by Francesco Granata, Stefano Papirio, Giovanni Esposito, Rudy Gargano, Giovanni de Marinis

“…Wastewater quality indicators such as  biochemical oxygen demand (BOD5), chemical oxygen demand (COD), total suspended solids (TSS),  and total dissolved solids (TDS) give a measure of the main pollutants. …”
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Climate Drivers and Sources of Sediment and Organic Matter Fluxes in Intermittent Rivers and Ephemeral Streams (IRES) of a Subtropical Watershed, USA by Janet Dewey, Jeff Hatten, Byoungkoo Choi, Clay Mangum, Ying Ouyang

“…We assessed storm-driven source and flux of total suspended solids (TSS) and OM from small IRES in Mississippi, USA. …”
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Effectiveness of Green Mussel Shells as a Natural Coagulant for Domestic Wastewater Treatment by Ernita Sari, Ferdian Akhmad Ferizqo, Deddy Adam

“…The parameters were total suspended solids (TSS) and turbidity. The data were analyzed by the ANOVA test. …”
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Shear Enhanced Flotation Separation Technology in Winery Wastewater Treatment by David Vlotman, David Key, Bradley Cerff, Bernard Jan Bladergroen

“…A substantial reduction in total suspended solids (97%) was achieved with average raw winery wastewater values of 2275 mg/L compared to the 50 mg/L obtained for the SEFS-treated effluent. …”
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Restaurant Liquid Waste Treatment into Clean Water Using Graded Filter-Ultrafiltration Membrane Polyethersulfone (PES) Method by Intan Fadhilah, Abd Mujahid Hamdan, Fachrul Razi

“…To evaluate the efficiency of the treatment process, pollutant parameters such as pH, TSS (Total Suspended Solids), COD (Chemical Oxygen Demand), and turbidity were measured. …”
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Effect of Substrate, Feeding Mode and Number of Stages on the Performance of Hybrid Constructed Wetland Systems by José Alberto Herrera-Melián, Alejandro Borreguero-Fabelo, Javier Araña, Néstor Peñate-Castellano, José Alejandro Ortega-Méndez

“…The HF achieved good removals of COD (61%; 54 g/m2·day) and Total Suspended Solids (84%; 29 g/m2·day). The second stage was composed of vertical flow constructed wetlands (VF) that were employed to study the effect of substrate (gravel vs. mulch), feeding mode (continuous vs. intermittent) and the number of stages (1 vs. 2) on performance. …”
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