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| Project Metadata Element | Details |
| Project Title | Development of a biological oxygen demand monitoring system for wastewaters |
| Research Area | Water |
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| Principal Investigator or Lead Irish Partner | Dr Donal Leech |
| Lead Institution or Organisation | National University of Ireland Galway (NUIG) |
| Lead Country | Ireland |
| Latitude, Longitude (of Lead Institution) | 53.27905, -9.05794 |
| Lead Funding Entity | Science Foundation Ireland |
| Approximate Project Start Date | 01/01/2013 |
| Approximate Project Finishing Date | 01/04/2014 |
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| Project Keywords | Biochemical Oxygen Demand; Water Pollution; Bacteria; Wastewater |
| Project Abstract | The standard, 5 day, biochemical oxygen demand (BOD) test provides an estimate of water pollution by measuring the amount of oxygen used by bacteria to degrade organic matter. Waste-water treatment plants currently monitor load by measuring chemical oxygen demand even though BOD is the most relevant parameter, because there is no simple, widely adopted, methodology available for rapid BOD measurement. This project seeks to develop an improved in-situ biochemical oxygen demand sensing technology that may be adopted by waste-treatment plants for monitoring the load supplied to the plants in real-time. |