Three water samples namely river water, untreated sewage water and secondary effluent
Channel: Doubtnut
Date: 2020-02-09

Three water samples namely river water, untreated sewage water and secondary effluent discharge from a sewage treatment plant were subjected to BOD test. The samples were labelled A,B and C. but the laboratory attened did not note, which was which . The BOD values of the three samples A,B and C were recorded as 20 mg/L , 8 mg/L and 400 mg/L, respectively. which sample of the water is most polluted ? can you assign the correct label to each , assuming the river water is relatively clean