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  1. schtroumpfette

    sugar and BOD 5

    So what you're saying, NPS, is that while complete lack of DO, caused by a sky-high BOD in this instance, will be incredibly toxic to aquatic organisms -- delayed egg hatching, decreased food efficiency and growth rate, reduced size and increased defects in offsprings, decreased tolerance to...
  2. schtroumpfette

    sugar and BOD 5

    Thanks bimr! So this means that for every lb of sugar, we have .9 lbs of BOD!
  3. schtroumpfette

    sugar and BOD 5

    If a sugar refinery sends a large amount of soft liquor (liquid sugar) into the Hudson Bay, what is the BOD of the discharge? Does sugar translate directly into BOD? i.e., if the refinery releases 1,000 lbs of sugar, is that equivalent to 1,000 lbs of BOD?

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