BOD5 definition

BOD5. (also known as TBOD5) means five day biochemical oxygen demand measured in an unfiltered sample and includes carbonaceous and nitrogenous oxygen demand;
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BOD5 means the five-day measure of pollutant parameter biochemical oxygen demand.
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BOD5 means the five-day measure of the biochemical oxygen demand parameter.
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Examples of BOD5 in a sentence

  • The average monthly effluent concentration shall not exceed 15% of the average monthly influent concentration for BOD5 and Total Suspended Solids for all daily composite samples taken in any calendar month.

  • The performance level for WWTFs is referred to as “secondary treatment.” Secondary treatment is comprised of technology-based requirements expressed in terms of BOD5, TSS and pH; 40 C.F.R. Part 133.

  • When the arithmetic mean of the average daily BOD5 or TSS loading into the POTW for the previous 180 days exceeds 90% of the design load rate, the Permittee shall develop and submit for the review and approval of the Commissioner within one year, a plan to accommodate future increases in load to the plant.

  • The average monthly percent removal of BOD5 and TSS shall not be less than 85 percent.

  • This Order contains a limitation requiring an average of 85 percent removal of BOD5 and TSS over each calendar month.


More Definitions of BOD5

BOD5 means Five-Day Biochemical Oxygen Demand. BOD is a measurement of the amount of oxygen utilized by the decomposition of organic material, over a specified time period (usually 5 days) in a sample.
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BOD5 means five-day biochemical oxygen demand.
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BOD5 means five day biochemical oxygen demand measured in an unfiltered sample;
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BOD5 means the 5 days biochemical oxygen demand;
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BOD5 means 5-day biochemical ox- ygen demand.
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BOD5 means the quantity of dissolved oxygen used in the biochemical oxidation of organic matter under standard laboratory procedure in 5 days at 20 degrees C., expressed in terms of weight and concentration (milligrams per liter).
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BOD5. (Biochemical Oxygen Demand) shall mean the quantity of oxygen utilized in the biochemical oxidation of organic matter under standard laboratory procedure in five (5) days at 20° centigrade, expressed in parts per million by weight.
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