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Environmental engineering

amount of dissolved oxygen that microorganisms consume while oxidizing the organic matter in a water sample over a set incubation time, used as a measure of organic pollution.

In environmental engineering, biochemical oxygen demand refers to amount of dissolved oxygen that microorganisms consume while oxidizing the organic matter in a water sample over a set incubation time, used as a measure of organic pollution. This meaning comes from Theriault (1928) in Journal AWWA.[1]

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Theriault, E. J., & Mohlman, F. W. (1928). The Oxygen Demand of Polluted Waters. Journal AWWA, 19(6), 731-732. https://doi.org/10.1002/j.1551-8833.1928.tb13608.x

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