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  2. Biochemical oxygen demand - Wikipedia

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    BOD test bottles at the laboratory of a wastewater treatment plant. Biochemical oxygen demand (also known as BOD or biological oxygen demand) is an analytical parameter representing the amount of dissolved oxygen (DO) consumed by aerobic bacteria growing on the organic material present in a water sample at a specific temperature over a specific time period.

  3. Streeter–Phelps equation - Wikipedia

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    The model describes how dissolved oxygen (DO) decreases in a river or stream along a certain distance by degradation of biochemical oxygen demand (BOD). The equation was derived by H. W. Streeter, a sanitary engineer, and Earle B. Phelps, a consultant for the U.S. Public Health Service, in 1925, based on field data from the Ohio River. The ...

  4. Upflow anaerobic sludge blanket digestion - Wikipedia

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    With UASB (but also EGSB and ECSB), the process of settlement and digestion occurs in one or more large tank(s). The effluent from the UASB, which has a much reduced biochemical oxygen demand (BOD) concentration, usually needs to be treated further, for example with the activated sludge process, depending on the effluent quality requirements.

  5. Population equivalent - Wikipedia

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    Population equivalent (PE) or unit per capita loading, or equivalent person (EP), is a parameter for characterizing industrial wastewaters.It essentially compares the polluting potential of an industry (in terms of biodegradable organic matter) with a population (or certain number of people), which would produce the same polluting load.

  6. Chemical oxygen demand - Wikipedia

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    In environmental chemistry, the chemical oxygen demand (COD) is an indicative measure of the amount of oxygen that can be consumed by reactions in a measured solution.It is commonly expressed in mass of oxygen consumed over volume of solution, which in SI units is milligrams per liter (mg/L).

  7. Wastewater quality indicators - Wikipedia

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    Tests will determine the quality of this wastewater. Wastewater quality indicators are laboratory test methodologies to assess suitability of wastewater for disposal, treatment or reuse. The main parameters in sewage that are measured to assess the sewage strength or quality as well as treatment options include: solids, indicators of organic ...

  8. Debt-service coverage ratio: What is it and how do you ... - AOL

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    What is a good debt-service coverage ratio? Most lenders want to see a debt-service coverage ratio of at least 1.25. But, lender requirements will vary depending on the type of business loan and ...

  9. Mixed liquor suspended solids - Wikipedia

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    By maintaining this ratio at the appropriate level the biomass will consume high percentages of the food. This minimizes the loss of residual food in the treated effluent. In simple terms, the more the biomass consumes the lower the biochemical oxygen demand will be in the discharge. It is important that MLSS removes COD and BOD in order to ...