Chemical oxygen demand is a measure of the amount of organic matter oxidized by a strong chemical oxidant. COD is used to measure organic matter in commercial, industrial and municipal wastes that contain compounds toxic to biological life where the BOD5 test would not work....
This article is part of the series: An Installer's Guide to Wastewater Characteristics
- The Installer’s Guide to BOD5
- An Installer’s Guide to Total Suspended Solids
- An Installer’s Guide to COD
- An Installer’s Guide to FOG
- An Installer’s Guide to Phosphorus
- An Installer’s Guide to Wastewater Pathogens
- An Installer’s Guide to Nitrogen
