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;

BOD5 means the five-day measure of pollutant parameter biochemical oxygen demand.

BOD5 means the five-day measure of the biochemical oxygen demand parameter.

Examples of BOD5 in a sentence

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

• 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.

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

• These technology-based regulations apply to all municipal wastewater treatment plants and identify the minimum level of effluent quality attainable by secondary treatment in terms of biochemical oxygen demand (BOD5), total suspended solids (TSS), and pH.

• The average monthly percent removal of 5-day biochemical oxygen demand (BOD5) and total suspended solids (TSS) shall not be less than 85 percent.

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.

BOD5 means five-day biochemical oxygen demand.

BOD5 means five day biochemical oxygen demand measured in an unfiltered sample;

BOD5 means the 5 days biochemical oxygen demand;

BOD5 means 5-day biochemical ox- ygen demand.

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).

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.