Question: A five - day BOD test is performed on an industrial wastewater sample that contains no bacteria; therefore, a seeded BOD test is run. 1

A five-day BOD test is performed on an industrial wastewater sample that contains no bacteria; therefore, a "seeded" BOD test is run. 10ml of "seed" are added to 20L of dilution water. 30ml of industrial wastewater are added to a 300ml BOD bottle and the remaining volume consists of "seeded" dilution water. The average dissolved oxygen concentration of the diluted wastewater samples and blanks (seeded dilution water) on the first day of the test is 7.5mgL and 9.0mgL, respectively. After incubating separate BOD bottles at 20C for five days, the average DO concentration of the diluted wastewater BOD bottles and seeded dilution water BOD bottles is 3.1 and 8.5mgL, respectively. Use Equation (3.13) for calculating the five-day BOD of the industrial wastewater.
 A five-day BOD test is performed on an industrial wastewater sample

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