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BOD Assessment of UTHM Lake Water Quality

Microorganisms such as bacteria decompose organic waste in water, consuming dissolved oxygen and reducing oxygen levels for other aquatic organisms. Biological oxygen demand (BOD) measures the amount of oxygen used by microbes to break down waste - a higher BOD means more waste and bacteria are present, resulting in greater oxygen depletion. The conclusion determines that the lake water at UTHM has become polluted due to improper management of activities near the golf course, and recommends water treatment and preventing further mismanagement to address the problem and validate the hypothesis.

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BOD Assessment of UTHM Lake Water Quality

Microorganisms such as bacteria decompose organic waste in water, consuming dissolved oxygen and reducing oxygen levels for other aquatic organisms. Biological oxygen demand (BOD) measures the amount of oxygen used by microbes to break down waste - a higher BOD means more waste and bacteria are present, resulting in greater oxygen depletion. The conclusion determines that the lake water at UTHM has become polluted due to improper management of activities near the golf course, and recommends water treatment and preventing further mismanagement to address the problem and validate the hypothesis.

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  • Conclusion

9.

0 CONCLUSION
Microorganisms such as bacteria are responsible for decomposing organic waste. When
organic matter such as dead plants, leaves, grass clippings, manure, sewage, or even food waste
is present in a water supply, the bacteria will begin the process of breaking down this waste.
When this happens, much of the available dissolved oxygen is consumed by aerobic bacteria,
robbing other aquatic organisms of the oxygen they need to live.
Biological Oxygen Demand (BOD) is a measure of the oxygen used by microorganisms
to decompose this waste. BOD is a chemical procedure for determining the rate of uptake of
dissolved oxygen by the rate biological organisms in a body of water use up oxygen. It is not a
precise quantitative test, although it is widely used as an indication of the quality of water.
If there is a large quantity of organic waste in the water supply, there will also be a lot of
bacteria present working to decompose this waste. In this case, the demand for oxygen will be
high (due to all the bacteria) so the BOD level will be high.

As a conclusion, the water source at UTHM lake has been polluted due to the incorrect
handling of human activities. The recommendation to solve the problem is to apply water
treatment to the water source and to prevent incorrect handling of human activities at the golf
field. Then our hypothesis for this experiment is accepted.

9.0 CONCLUSION Microorganisms such as bacteria are responsible for decomposing organic waste. When organic matter such as d

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