3 Putrescibility and Relative Stability

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3 Putrescibility and Relative Stability

Third Century of Biochemical Oxygen Demand, 2nd Edition

The putrescibility, or relative stability, test arose in the late 1890s and early 1900s as an empirical procedure to determine if a wastewater effluent is satisfactorily neutralized or purified. It consists of sealing a small portion of the wastewater in a bottle and then incubating it for a period of time, 24 hours being common. After incubation,...

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Third Century of Biochemical Oxygen Demand, 2nd Edition

The most comprehensive summary and literature review of biochemical oxygen demand (BOD) on the market! BOD is one of the fundamental concepts in wastewater treatment. Throughout the 1800s and the 1900s, BOD was exhaustively studied and refined, both as a concept and as an analytical procedure. Review all previous BOD work–including why technicians, scientists, plant operators, regulators, and engineers have complained about the BOD test for many years. This book is intended to serve three purposes: first and foremost, is to describe BOD as a test procedure and biological phenomenon; secondly, to describe the place of BOD within the complex of testing that is used to evaluate treatment processes; lastly, is to present the development of BOD and preserve all peer-reviewed literature citations that mark the road to the current test. Chapters detailing sediment oxygen demand, chemical oxygen demand, and total organic carbon testing and their relationship to BOD testing, as well as extensive coverage of the interferences encountered during oxygen demand testing makes this a must-have reference.

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Water Environment Federation

SourceThird Century of Biochemical Oxygen Demand Task Force of the Water Environment Federation

Document typeDigital Book

PublisherWater Environment Federation

Print publication date Jun 2022

Print ISBN 9781572784000

EISBN 9781572784000

Volume / Issue1 / 1

First / last page(s)1 - 508

Word count175,929

Subject keywordsBiochemical Oxygen Demandevaluate treatment processesBODwastewater treatmentlaboratorysediment oxygen demandRespirometric MethodsChemical Oxygen DemandOrganic CarbonOrganic MatterBOD test