Characteristics of water
Physical characteristics:
relate to the quality of water for domestic use and are associated with the appearance of water such as color or turbidity, temperature, and taste and odor. Substances can exist in water as suspended, colloidal or dissolved solids. Suspended solids are defined as those solids that can be filtered by a glass fibre filter disc.Suspended solids can be removed from water by physical methods such as sedimentation, filtration, and
centrifugation.
