the term solids sudpended and dissolved as used herein replace the terms residue nonfiltrable and filtrable sudpended or dissolved in water and wastewater solids may after with high dissolved solids generally are of inferior palatability and may induce and unfavorable physiology reaction in the transient consumer for these reasons a limit of 500 mg dissolved solids/L
is desirable for drinking water highly mineralized waters also are unsuitable for many industrial applications water high in suspended solids may be esthetically unsatisfactory for such purposes as bathing solids analyses are important in the control for assessing compliance with regulatory agency wastewater effluent limitations.