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Sanitation officials said in emails that the facility has exceeded levels for solid particles in the wastewater as well as levels for biological oxygen demand and turbidity, or water clarity, all of which are used to measure the degree of organic pollution during the treatment process.
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Robert J. Lopez, Los Angeles Times, 30 July 2021
Typically, food and beverage businesses remove the organic material in wastewater—measured as biological oxygen demand (BOD)—by aerating water with pumps.
—Martin Lamonica, IEEE Spectrum, 10 Feb. 2014
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Robert J. Lopez, Los Angeles Times, 30 July 2021
Typically, food and beverage businesses remove the organic material in wastewater—measured as biological oxygen demand (BOD)—by aerating water with pumps.
—Martin Lamonica, IEEE Spectrum, 10 Feb. 2014
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“Biological oxygen demand.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/biological%20oxygen%20demand. Accessed 16 Dec. 2025.
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biological oxygen demand
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biological oxygen de·mand
-di-ˌmand 
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