Sentence:  Since experience indicates that effluents from oxidation ponds do not create major problems at these BOD concentrations , the <WSD>goal</WSD> for the effluent quality of the accelerated treatment system was the same as from conventional oxidation ponds . 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  the state of affairs that a plan is intended to achieve and that (when achieved) terminates behavior intended to achieve it