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COD/BOD ratio of sewage is higher than COD/BOD ratio of standard? What is that mean?

OD is means COD value divide BOD value.

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Apourv Pant 11th Feb, 2020

G. B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar

OD is the amount of total degradable organic present in wastewater it is always greater than BOD,
eans biologically degradable organics. So, COD is always greater than BOD. COD/BOD ratio
nes the biodegradability of wastewater.

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d by different scholars COD is always greater than BOD value, this is because in case of COD View
requirements of oxygen for decomposition of all kinds of chemicals weather it is organic or
c. While in case of BOD it only measures the amounts of oxygen required for the decomposition of
compounds in the waste water. Now comes to the point regarding relationship between COD and
general there is no such standard interrelationships but in some cases it may correlate in some Got a technical question?
such as in case of domestic waste water there may a factor of 3, means BOD of sewage water can
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