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Consider the following statement I. Biochemical Oxygen Demand (BOD) represents the amount of dissolved oxygen that would be consumed if all the organic matter in 1 L of water were oxidized by microorganism II. Low value of BOD means the water is either normal or less polluted of organic matter III. High value of BOD means the water in highly polluted by organic matter Which of the statement given above are correct?

Answer: (D)

Solution

All three statements correctly describe BOD — its definition as oxygen consumed per litre of water, the

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