The amount of oxygen required by bacteria in water to break down wastes into simple inorganic substances is called ___

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Biological Oxygen Demand is the amount of dissolved oxygen needed by aerobic biological organisms to break down organic material in a given water sample at a certain temperature over a specific time period.

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