Category: Chemical Environmental Engineering

Pick out the wrong statement?

A. Biological oxygen demand (BOD) is a characteristic and not a constituent of water
B. BOD is a measure of the amount of oxygen which will be demanded & used in 5 days by the
biological decomposition of the organic matter present in water stream present as food for the
living organism
C. BOD is expressed in mg/litre (typically, BOD=2.5 mg/litre for potable water)
D. None of these

Pick out the correct statement ?

A. Chemical oxygen demand (COD) is a measure of chemically oxidisable organic matter present
in water
B. COD is determined by oxidising the organic matter present in water with potassium
dichromate in cone, sulphuric acid solution at boiling temperature for specified time
C. COD is related to BOD of a given waste in water but the relationship varies for different
wastes. Typically COD of potable water may be 1-2 mg/litre
D. All A., B. and C.