BOD definition

BOD. (Biochemical Oxygen Demand) means the quantity of oxygen utilized in the biochemical oxidation of organic matter under standard laboratory procedure in 5 days at 20 degrees centigrade, expressed in milligrams per liter.

Examples of BOD in a sentence

  • The overall Surface Water Contamination Index is calculated based on a range of key pollutants with different weightings according to the level of their negative effects on water security for both humans and freshwater biodiversity: soil salinization (8%), nitrogen ( 12%) and phosphorus (P, 13%) loading, mercury deposition (5%), pesticide loading (10%), sediment loading (17%), organic loading (as Biological Oxygen Demand, BOD; 15%), potential acidification (9%), and thermal alteration (11%).

  • BCT - Technology-based standard for the discharge from existing industrial point sources of conventional pollutants including BOD, TSS, fecal coliform, pH, and O&G.

  • Ethylenediamine tetraacetic acid, present at 100 mg/L, reached 0% of its theoretical BOD in 4 weeks using an activated sludge inoculum at 30 mg/L in the Japanese MITI test(4).

  • School Visits/Observations The next BOD Visit Day will be on February 10, 2021.

  • Remuneration of the supervisory function of the Board of Directors Members of the BOD could receive a fixed fee reflecting the importance of the role and responsibilities, in alignment with market practice.


More Definitions of BOD

BOD. (Biochemical Oxygen Demand) shall mean the quantity of oxygen, expressed in mg/l, utilized in the biochemical oxidation of organic matter under standard laboratory procedure for five (5) days at twenty (20) degrees centigrade. The standard laboratory procedure shall be that found in the latest edition of "Standard Methods" for the Examination of Water and Sewage" published by the American Public Health Association.