During floods, sediments are transported from watersheds into reservoirs, slowly decreasing water volumes and this leading to economic losses. Thus, in the long term, sedimentation endangers reservoirs’ sustainability. Sediments can also block low-level hydraulic structures such as bottom outlets and powerhouse intakes and cause abrasion of gates and turbines. Additionally, the trapped sediment...

—Despite recent interest in assessing the condition of fish assemblages in Great Lakes coastal wetlands and a concern for increasing turbidity as a major stressor pathway influencing these ecosystems, there is little information on fish tolerance or intolerance to turbidity on which to base wetland assessment metrics. Existing studies have borrowed tolerance designations from the stream literat...

BACKGROUND Studies suggest that routine variations in public drinking water turbidity may be associated with endemic gastrointestinal illness. We systematically reviewed the literature on this topic. METHODS We searched databases and websites for relevant studies in industrialized countries. Studies investigating the association between temporal variations in drinking water turbidity and inci...

Penaeus japonicus juveniles were exposed for 3 wk to different turbidities of suspended sediments: control [2 + 2 nephelometric turbidity units (NTU)], medium turbidity (35 f 15 NTU) and high turbidity (65 f 15 NTU). The mortality rate increased after exposure to high turbidity Exposed late luveniles became less tolerant to changes in ambient salinity and showed hlgher mortalities at low salini...

Coagulation-flocculation followed by sedimentation and filtration is the most commonly used water treatment process , in which turbidity or particles removal is strongly dependent on proper coagulant dosage, effect of pH ,effect of time, jar test and settling column tests were perform. In the method the seeds were treated with different solvents of NaCl and NaOH to extract the active coagulant ...

Sandstone tempestite beds in the Starshot Formation, central Transantarctic Mountains, were deposited in a range of shoreline to shelf environments. Detailed sedimentological analysis indicates that these beds were largely deposited by wave-modified turbidity currents. These currents are types of combined flows in which storm-generated waves overprint flows driven by excess-weight forces. The i...

—Turbidity in aquatic systems can change rapidly, affecting the visual ability of predators. Increased turbidity is known to reduce the reactive distance and foraging success of some planktivores and insectivores, leading to decreased growth rates. However, little is known about the effects of turbidity on prey selection by piscivores. We examined the interactions between largemouth bass Microp...

Turbidity sensors can be used to continuously monitor the evolution of pollutant mass discharge. For two sites within the Paris combined sewer system, continuous turbidity, conductivity and flow data were recorded at one-minute time intervals over a one-year period. This paper is intended to highlight the variability in turbidity dynamics during wet weather. For each storm event, turbidity resp...

Seasonal turbidity patterns and event-level hysteresis analysis of turbidity verses discharge in four 1 km headwater catchments in California’s Sierra Nevada indicate localized in-channel sediment sources and seasonal accumulation-depletion patterns of stream sediments. Turbidity signals were analyzed for three years in order to look at the relationships between seasonal turbidity trends, event...