BOD
Alternative formsBiochemical Oxygen Demand
 

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Description: Third Century of Biochemical Oxygen Demand, 2nd Edition
Biochemical oxygen demand (BOD) is one of the fundamental concepts in wastewater treatment. The beginnings of the concept can be traced to Forchamer in 1849, who studied the oxidation of wastewater with potassium permanganate. Through the rest of the 1800s and the 1900s, BOD has been exhaustively...
PublisherWater Environment Federation
Word count734