Consider a small lake, 0.4 mile across and 11 ft deep, that contains a total of 50 tons of dissolved oxygen. Calculate the BOD (i.e., calculate the amount of oxygen required to degrade the amount of organic waste given) if 6 tons of carbon-based waste is dumped into the lake.

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21. Consider a small lake, 0.4 mile across and 11 ft deep, that contains a total of 50 tons of dissolved oxygen. Calculate the BOD (i.e., calculate the amount of oxygen required to degrade the amount of organic waste given) if 6 tons of carbon-based waste is dumped into the lake.

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