Assessment of irrigation water quality for vegetable farming in peri-urban Kumasi by Winfred Bediakoh Ashie, Jonathan Awewomom, Emil Nana Yaw Osei Ettey, Francis Opoku, Osei Akoto

“…The study specifically investigated the quality of water used for irrigation with the following parameters: pH, turbidity, total dissolved solids, total suspended solids, chloride, chemical oxygen demand, biological oxygen demand, oil and grease, fluoride, nitrate, nitrite, sulphate, sodium, calcium, magnesium, sodium adsorption potential, alkalinity, conductivity, phosphate, Escherichia coli, fecal and total coliforms. …”
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Treatment of Textile Wastewater by CAS, MBR, and MBBR: A Comparative Study from Technical, Economic, and Environmental Perspectives by Xuefei Yang, Víctor López-Grimau, Mercedes Vilaseca, Martí Crespi

“…The results showed that technically, MBR was the most efficient technology, of which the chemical oxygen demand (COD), total suspended solids (TSS), and color removal efficiency were 91%, 99.4%, and 80%, respectively, with a hydraulic retention time (HRT) of 1.3 days. …”
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Application of Gas Sensor Arrays in Assessment of Wastewater Purification Effects by Łukasz Guz, Grzegorz Łagód, Katarzyna Jaromin-Gleń, Zbigniew Suchorab, Henryk Sobczuk, Andrzej Bieganowski

“…Neural networks used for data validation showed high correlation between the electronic nose readouts and: (I) chemical oxygen demand (COD) (r = 0.988); (II) total suspended solids (TSS) (r = 0.938); (III) turbidity (r = 0.940); (IV) pH (r = 0.554); (V) nitrogen compounds: N-NO3 (r = 0.958), N-NO2 (r = 0.869) and N-NH3 (r = 0.978); (VI) and volatile organic compounds (VOC) (r = 0.987). …”
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Agro-Industrial Wastewater Treatment with <i>Acacia dealbata</i> Coagulation/Flocculation and Photo-Fenton-Based Processes by Nuno Jorge, Ana R. Teixeira, Marco S. Lucas, José A. Peres

“…The results showed that the application of the LP at pH 3.0, with an LP:DOC ratio of 0.5:1 (<i>w</i>/<i>w</i>), achieved a high removal of turbidity, total suspended solids (TSS), and volatile suspended solids (VSS) of 84.7, 79.1, and 76.6%, respectively. …”
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Evaluating the Water Quality Benefits of a Bioswale in Brunswick County, North Carolina (NC), USA by Rebecca A. Purvis, Ryan J. Winston, William F. Hunt, Brian Lipscomb, Karthik Narayanaswamy, Andrew McDaniel, Matthew S. Lauffer, Susan Libes

“…Samples were tested for total suspended solids (TSS), total volatile suspended solids (VSS), enterococcus, E. coli, and turbidity. …”
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Steady-State and Dynamic Simulation for Wastewater Treatment Plant Management: Case Study of Maghnia City, North-West Algeria by Sidi Mohamed Tiar, Madani Bessedik, Chérifa Abdelbaki, Nadia Badr ElSayed, Abderrahim Badraoui, Amaria Slimani, Navneet Kumar

“…These modifications resulted in a reasonable alignment with the investigated variables, enabling the accurate prediction of the wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs)’ steady-state behavior regarding the removal measurements of chemical oxygen demand (COD), total suspended solids (TSS), and ammonium (NH4-N). The model was validated using 14-day measurements spanning a 4-month duration, and the results indicated good agreement between the observed and simulated effluent variable of chemical oxygen demand (COD) with a root mean square error (RMSE) of 23%. …”
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Water quality indexes and water quality population perception in a rural area in Ecuador by Gloria Roldán-Reascos, Concepción Pérez-Lamela, Esther de Blas, Jesus Simal-Gandara

“…Sampling campaigns were carried out during the years 2018 and 2019, and 18 parameters were analyzed, including pH, conductivity, dissolved oxygen, temperature, color, phosphates, nitrites, nitrates, biochemical oxygen demand, chemical oxygen demand, total suspended solids, turbidity, methylene blue active substances, fats and oils, total coliforms, ammonia, nitrogen, and fecal coliforms. …”
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Beyond Microplastics: Implementation of a Two-Stage Removal Process for Microplastics and Chemical Oxygen Demand in Industrial Wastewater Streams by Michael Toni Sturm, Erika Myers, Dennis Schober, Anika Korzin, Katrin Schuhen

“…Per test phase, 12 samples were analyzed for 5 parameters: COD, total suspended solids (TSSs), particle count, pH, and turbidity. …”
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A REVIEW OF METHODS AND REGRESSION MODELS USING SATELLITE IMAGERIES ON PHYTOPLANKTON'S WATER QUALITY PARAMETERS ESTIMATION by H. Muhamad, E. S. Mokhtar, M. A. Roslani

“…Therefore, Geographical Information System (GIS) and remote sensing (RS) approaches are becoming popular methods of measuring water quality parameters (turbidity, total suspended solids (TSS), temperature, pH, etc). This paper aims to review the assessment of WQP in relation to PP abundance and other interchangeable factors from the recent studies and efforts on WQP assessment using geospatial technologies approaches. …”
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Efficiency and reliability of sewage purification in long-term exploitation of the municipal wastewater treatment plant with activated sludge and hydroponic system by Karolina Jóźwiakowska, Michał Marzec

“…The aim of the work was to analyze the effi ciency and reliability of pollutants removal (total suspended solids – TSS, BOD5, COD) in a collective wastewater treatment plant with activated sludge and hydroponic lagoon during its long term operation. …”
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Assessment of the Treatment of Textile Mill Effluent Using UASB Reactor by A Arshad, N.H Hashim, A.K Kashif, A Bashir

“…The COD, colour and total suspended solids concentration of the textile wastes used in the study were analyzed as 5440 mg/l, 3280 mg/l, 2320 units and 955 mg/l, respectively. …”
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Effect of Different Operational Conditions on the Treatment Performance of Milk Processing Wastewater (MPW) Using a Single Stage Flexible Fibre Biofilm Reactor (SS-FFBR) by Mohamed Abdulgader, Jimmy Yu, Ali Akbar Zinatizadeh, Philip Williams, Zahra Rahimi

“…The effect of organic loading rate (OLR) on the SS-FFBR performance is examined as total suspended solids removal efficiency, dissolved oxygen, and turbidity. …”
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Evaluation of Some Metals Content and Physicochemical Properties of Some Major Rivers as Sources of Irrigation Water in Mid-Benue Trough by SOI Abagyeh, PI Agber, A Zubairu

“…Salinity of water was low and ranged from 0.00 to 0.05 dsm -1 with EC from 64.30 to 104.50 μmhos which falls below the upper limit of standard for irrigation water (2,000 μmhos). Total suspended solids concentrations were  rom 9.00 to 13.00 mgl-1 . …”
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Performance assessment of sewage treatment plants using compliance index by D. Ramkumar, V. Jothiprakash, B. N. Patil

“…The influent and effluent parameters, such as flow rate, biochemical oxygen demand (BOD), chemical oxygen demand (COD), total suspended solids (TSS), pH, dissolved oxygen (DO), and temperature, were studied in this work. …”
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Health risk assessment of heavy metals via consumption of dietary vegetables using wastewater for irrigation in Swabi, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. by Fawad Ali, Muhammad Israr, Shafiq Ur Rehman, Azizullah Azizullah, Hussain Gulab, Muhammad Idrees, Rashid Iqbal, Aishma Khattak, Majid Hussain, Fahad Mohammed Al-Zuaibr

“…Physicochemical parameters such as pH, electrical conductivity (EC), total dissolved solids (TDS), total suspended solids (TSS) and total solids (TS) and heavy metals such as Pb, Cr, Cd, Ni, Zn, Cu, Fe, Mn were determined using Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometer (AAS). …”
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Synthesis and efficacy of cactus-banana peels composite as a natural coagulant for water treatment by Herbert Mpagi Kalibbala, Peter Wilberforce Olupot, Onzere Maxwell Ambani

“…Performance of the coagulant was evaluated based on removal efficiencies of turbidity, total suspended solids (TSS) and Escherichia coli (E.coli). …”
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Investigating the influences of concave depths on stormwater runoff and pollution retention of urban grasslands by Wen Liu, Zhixiang Lu

“…Deeper concave depths significantly increased runoff detention and retention performance of grasslands. Total suspended solids (TSS) load reduction rates of concave grasslands were ranged from 50.8% to 97.3%. …”
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Effectiveness of biochar filters vegetated with Echinochloa pyramidalis in domestic wastewater treatment by Edna Buhnyuy Visiy, Boris Merlain Kanouo Djousse, Lekeufack Martin, Cyrille Nanfaak Zangue, Abimbola Sangodoyin, Adeniyi Sulaiman Gbadegesin, Theophile Fonkou

“…Both biochars were more efficient than sand in the removal of chemical oxygen demand (COD), biochemical oxygen demand (BOD), true colour, total suspended solids (TSS) and total dissolved solids (TDS). …”
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Efficiency of Five Selected Aquatic Plants in Phytoremediation of Aquaculture Wastewater by Nurul Umairah Mohd Nizam, Marlia Mohd Hanafiah, Izzati Mohd Noor, Hazwani Izzati Abd Karim

“…Therefore, this phytoremediation study examined the ability of five aquatic plants—<i>Centella asiatica</i>, <i>Ipomoea aquatica</i>, <i>Salvinia molesta</i>, <i>Eichhornia crassipes</i>, and <i>Pistia stratiotes</i>—to remove three pollutants—total suspended solids (TSS), ammoniacal nitrogen (NH₃-N), and phosphate—from aquaculture wastewater. …”
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The Use of Permeable Interlocking Concrete Pavement to Filter Stormwater for Non-Potable Uses in Buildings by Enedir Ghisi, Thiago Belotto, Liseane Padilha Thives

“…The model system with a filter course layer was able to reduce fecal coliforms (54.7%), total suspended solids (62.5%), biochemical oxygen demand (78.8%), and total phosphorus concentrations (55.6%). …”
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