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If you dumped a half gallon of milk everyday into a stream, what would be your discharge in $\mathrm{lb} \mathrm{BOD}_5 /$ day? Milk has a $\mathrm{BOD}_5$ of about $20,000 \mathrm{mg} / \mathrm{L}$.

   If you dumped a half gallon of milk everyday into a stream, what would be your discharge in $\mathrm{lb} \mathrm{BOD}_5 /$ day? Milk has a $\mathrm{BOD}_5$ of about $20,000 \mathrm{mg} / \mathrm{L}$.

Introduction to Environmental Engineering

Introduction to Environmental Engineering

P. Aarne Vesilind,… 3rd Edition

Chapter 9, Problem 11

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Since 1 gallon is approximately 3.78541 liters, a half gallon is: \[ 0.5 \, \text{gallons} \times 3.78541 \, \text{L/gallon} \approx 1.8927 \, \text{L} \] Show more…

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If you dumped a half gallon of milk everyday into a stream, what would be your discharge in $\mathrm{lb} \mathrm{BOD}_5 /$ day? Milk has a $\mathrm{BOD}_5$ of about $20,000 \mathrm{mg} / \mathrm{L}$.

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