Talk:Turbidity

message: Is there a reference to the statement: "High water turbidity is the leading cause of gastrointestinal cancer in the United States". I could imagine that turbidity caused by organic compounds together with chlorination creates chlorinated organic molecules which will kill u and u will die. This could be very carcinogenic. This would be an argument against chlorine for water treatment. I never heard that turbidity itself was cancerogenic.
212.183.60.114 22:00, 28 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I didn't either until after I first responded to you.  Anyway, you may want to move the bit about compensation depth and the Secchi Disk over to Secchi disk where it would be more pertyinent instead of under Turbidity where the connection is more tenuous - Marshman 17:06, 29 Nov 2003 (UTC)

text: I created a new section heading on Causes and Effects.  The phytoplankton sentence is now in the "Causes" paragraph, while the GI disease sentence is in the "Effects" para.  No references for these sentences yet. (I did not write the sentences.) The link between the two phenomena is not direct. It is related to pathogens attaching to the suspended solids, which may consist of various gunk (how's that for a scientific term?) attaching to the plankton.  Perhaps someone more knowledgable that I can provide a better explanation of the connection. Moreau1 (talk) 07:15, 24 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Turbidity and cancer 

message: i doubt that... it would mostly be caused by clay in rives wouldn't it? --Hypo Mix 09:40, 5 June 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: It is indeed caused by sedimentation, human-caused and otherwise.  This would be clay in some geographic areas, maybe other soil types elsewhere. I added a paragraph in the new Causes and Effects section on sedimentation and stormwater pollution. Moreau1 (talk) 07:15, 24 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Turbidity is generally caused by phytoplankton" 

message: In the first paragraph it says viruses, bacteria, and bacteria... is something wrong is it just me?
--Diablo735 21:00, 18 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  There's a mistake, I think 

message: Turbidity blocks out a lot of sunlight reaching streams or lakes, damaging the various organisms living there, and that is perhaps the chief problem with it. Why isn't there a section that talks about this? 71.163.26.70 17:42, 11 November 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I added a sentence on SAV effects, such as that seen in the Chesapeake Bay, in the Causes and Effects section. Moreau1 (talk) 07:15, 24 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Why isn't there anything about the effects of turbidity on organisms and SAV's? 

message: Just taking a moment to thank all those involved in this article; it gives a nice overview, clearly explains the basic concepts and introduces a lot of terms and ideas that may be encountered elsewhere, explaining roughly what they mean. This is exactly what I always thought Wikipedia was for. Naturally all articles can be improved, but this article was exactly what I needed to get me started on something. Thanks guys. 86.141.90.75 (talk) 11:28, 2 June 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Nice article

message: Second paragraph
"....if a liquid sample is left to stand (the settable solids), very small particles..."
settable - should this be settleable?  (Looks like a word processor has corrected settleable to settable)
115.186.196.19 (talk) 02:10, 14 July 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  spelling error 

message: Most definitions for "turbidity" refer only to suspended solids, and not to dissolved solids. This contradicts the description given in the opening paragraph of the article. Any dissolved substance is "in solution" and therefore not visible as turbidity. Landroo (talk) 14:45, 25 June 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Definition