This is a great question. My ...
Published by Andrew Hulsman, Process Engineer at Andrew Hulsman
This is a great question. My understanding is that BOD is a measure of the organic material in a wastewater that can be digested or degraded by micro-organisms such as bacteria, fungi and the like. The organic material can be dissolved in the wastewater, like sugar in coffee or it can be in particulate form.
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Spot on Andrew. BOD measures the amount of oxygen used by microorganisms in metabolizing the organic matter. It is an indirect way of measuring the organic matter in the water.
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