Restructuring BOD : COD Ratio of Dairy Milk Industrial Wastewaters in BOD Analysis by Formulating a Specific Microbial Seed

Table 4

Comparison of ultimate BOD values (mg/L) of dairy industrial wastewater sample using consortium 7 (as seeding material) and BODSEED (as conventional seeding material).

			COD = 2195 mg/L
Time (in days)	BOD mg/L		Ratio BOD/COD
			Ratio BOD mg/L/COD mg/L
	With BODSEED	With Consortia	BODSEED/COD	Consortia/COD
1	1049	1210	0.48	0.55
3	1262	1412	0.57	0.64
5	1276	1435	0.58	0.65
7	1322	1601	0.60	0.73
10	1345	1633	0.61	0.74
15	1399	1674	0.64	0.76
18	1425	1712	0.65	0.78
20	1463	1768	0.67	0.81
25	1498	1795	0.68	0.82
30	1515	1856	0.69	0.85
40	1549	1912	0.71	0.87
50	1578	1935	0.72	0.88
60	1610	1968	0.73	0.90
70	1629	1985	0.74	0.90
90	1635	2005	0.74	0.91