Soluble BOD

11/02/25

“How can we describe the portion of organic material that dissolves in water?”

BOD measures the amount of oxygen required to consume the organic matter present in a water sample. Some of the organic material, such as large chunks of food, is suspended and visible, while others are dissolved in the water itself. We can measure the BOD needed to consume the latter as Soluble BOD. Soluble BOD is easier to manage than the more visible, suspended, particulate BOD because of its smaller size.

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