Nester's Microbiology: A Human Perspective
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The wastewater is treated in three stages, where, the first stage removes the physical debris, the second one removes the biological wastes, and the third one removes the chemicals from the wastewater. The oxygen that is required by the microbes for decomposing the organic waste is known as biological oxygen demand (BOD).
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