Question

2. Incoming wastewater, with BOD5 equal to 200 mg/L, is treated in a well-run secondary treatment plant that removes 90 percent of the BOD. You are to run a five-day BOD test with a standard 300-mL bottle, using a mixture of treated sewage and dilution water (no seed). Assume the initial DO is 9.2 mg/L. a. Roughly what maximum volume of treated wastewater should you put in the bottle if you want to have at least 2.0 mg/L of DO at the end of the test (filling the rest of the bottle with water). (answer in mL)

Answer 1

Answer:

10.8 ml

Explanation:

The BOD is an empirical test to determine the molecular oxygen used during a specified incubation period (usually five days), for the biochemical degradation of organic matter (carbonaceous demand) and the oxygen used to oxidise inorganic matter.

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