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y Chemical Oxygen Demand (COD): laboratory measurement of the amount of oxygen Topic
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Chemical Oxygen Demand (COD): The amount of oxygen (measured in mg/L) that is
consumed in the oxidation of organic and inorganic matter, under test conditions. It is used to
measure the total amount of organic and inorganic pollution in wastewater.
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Chemical Oxygen Demand (COD): A measure of the oxygen required to oxidize all
compounds, both organic and inorganic, in water.
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Biochemical oxygen demand (BOD) MORE INFO

the amount of oxygen (in mg) required by aerobic bacteria to decompose the biodegradable
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Biochemical Oxygen Demand (BOD): A measure of the amount of oxygen consumed in the
biological processes that break down organic matter in water. The greater the BOD, the greater
the degree of pollution.
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ket Biochemical oxygen demand (BOD): An indication of the extent to which water is polluted by
sewage or other organic waste.
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biochemical oxygen demand (BOD) The amount of oxygen consumed by microorganisms

(mainly bacteria) and by chemical reactions in the biodegradation of organic matter as
determined by successive measurements of dissolved oxygen taken from standard test ...
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chemical oxygen demand (COD). An indirect measure of the amount of oxygen used by
inorganic and organic matter in water.
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Chemical Oxygen Demand (COD) A measure of the amount of a dissolved oxygen supply in a
body of water that would be used up in completely oxidizing added inorganic oxidizable
compounds, e.g., in the oxidation of ammonia to nitrate.
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secondary treatment Stage of wastewater treatment wherein bacteria are used to break down
organic materials and significantly reduce biochemical oxygen demand.
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Total suspended solids (TSS)

Chemical oxygen demand (COD)
Biochemical oxygen demand (BOD)
Fecal coliform bacteria (e.g. Escherichia coli)

Nutrients (fertilizers)
Dissolved metals
Dissolved organics ...
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Kinetic Rate Coefficient: A number that describes the rate at which a water constituent
a biochemical oxygen demand or dissolved oxygen rises or falls, or at which an air pollutant
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First steps in wastewater treatment; screens and sedimentation tanks are used to remove most
materials that float or will settle. Primary treatment removes about 30 percent of carbonaceous
biochemical oxygen demand from domestic sewage.
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or similar practice, investigation, treatment, care, teaching or research, or the collection of

blood for transfusion, being waste which may cause infection to any persons coming into
contact with it.
COD is short for Chemical oxygen demand, ...
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primary waste treatment : First steps in wastewater treatment; screens and sedimentation tanks
are used to remove most materials that float or will settle. Primary treatment removes about 30
percent of carbonaceous biochemical oxygen demand from ...
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