BOD5, to water, industrial processes

BOD5 emissions to water, generated from physical or chemical processes during manufacturing. BOD5 is the mass of oxygen which bacteria and other microorganisms consume to aerobically degrade organic substances dissolved in a liquid left in the dark for a period of 5 days at a temperature of 20°C. BOD5 is an indirect indicator of the sum of all biodegradable organic substances present in a sample.

Also known as: Biological Oxygen Demand