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Total Dissolved Solids

If TDS is unknown, but conductivity is, one can estimate mg/L TDS using a conversion table such as the one presented here.

Conductivity

TDS 

 ( micro-mho/cm)

(mg/L as CaCO3)

1

0.42

10.6

4.2

21.2

8.5

42.4

17.0

63.7

25.5

84.8

34.0

106.0

42.5

127.3

51.0

148.5

59.5

169.6

68.0

190.8

76.5

212.0

85.0

410.0

170.0

610.0

255.0

812.0

340.0

1008.0

425.0


Consult the Water Glossary, Water Cooling Towers


See also: Calcium carbonate, Carbon dioxide, Chlorination, Dissolved oxygen, Langelier calculation, Langelier index, Larson-Skold index, Oddo-Tomson index, pH, Puckorius index, Ryznar index, Scaling Indices, Stiff-Davis index, Total dissolved solids, Water corrosivity