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Generating High-Quality Turbidity Data in Drinking Water Treatment Plants to Support System Optimization and Monitoring

This document describes the common turbidimeter setups and associated Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) systems used in drinking water treatment plants and identifies “best practices” approaches to help ensure data quality.

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Generating High-Quality Turbidity Data in Drinking Water Treatment Plants to Support System Optimization and Monitoring (PDF)(17 pp, 285 K, June 2019, 815-B-19-010)