Question: ( 8 ) You are a regional environmental engineer, working at the Pennsylvania DEP ( Department of Environmental Protection ) . A recent DMR (

(8) You are a regional environmental engineer, working at the Pennsylvania DEP (Department of Environmental Protection). A recent DMR (Discharge Monitoring Report) submitted by the facility shows an increase in WET (Whole Effluent Toxicity) in the effluent from a 5 MGD treatment plant in your region. The WET value was determined during monthly testing at a commercial laboratory, using Ceriodaphnia dubia. You are sent to the plant to help investigate this increase in WET. The lab technician at the plant runs the CBOD5 of the plant influent and effluent three days a week, and maintains historical BOD test data on a spreadsheet. Explain how you could use the BOD lab data to try to learn when this toxicity first occurred.
( 8 ) You are a regional environmental engineer,

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