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Emissions of organic water pollutants are measured by biochemical oxygen demand, which refers to the amount of oxygen that bacteria in water will consume in breaking down waste. This is a standard water-treatment test for the presence of organic pollutants.
Environment Statistics > Organic water pollutant (BOD) emissions > kg per day (2003) by country
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Rank
Countries
Amount
Date
# 1
Russia :
1,388,061 kg/day
2003
Environment in Russia
# 2
Germany :
966,666.8 kg/day
2003
Environment in Germany
# 3
Indonesia :
732,964.7 kg/day
2003
Environment in Indonesia
# 4
France :
564,564.9 kg/day
2003
Environment in France
# 5
Italy :
488,922.6 kg/day
2003
Environment in Italy
# 6
Spain :
352,902.8 kg/day
2003
Environment in Spain
# 7
United Kingdom :
330,966.1 kg/day
2003
Environment in United Kingdom
# 8
Iran :
164,760.8 kg/day
2003
Environment in Iran
# 9
Portugal :
127,511.5 kg/day
2003
Environment in Portugal
# 10
Bulgaria :
101,883.5 kg/day
2003
Environment in Bulgaria
# 11
Morocco :
72,125.77 kg/day
2003
Environment in Morocco
# 12
Kenya :
56,101.66 kg/day
2003
Environment in Kenya
# 13
Tunisia :
55,774.78 kg/day
2003
Environment in Tunisia
# 14
Lithuania :
45,253.49 kg/day
2003
Environment in Lithuania
# 15
Slovakia :
43,304.25 kg/day
2003
Environment in Slovakia
# 16
Croatia :
42,871.11 kg/day
2003
Environment in Croatia
# 17
Ecuador :
40,178.86 kg/day
2003
Environment in Ecuador
# 18
Austria :
36,864.18 kg/day
2003
Environment in Austria
# 19
Hong Kong :
34,281.4 kg/day
2003
Environment in Hong Kong
# 20
Singapore :
34,253.09 kg/day
2003
Environment in Singapore
# 21
Latvia :
29,234.61 kg/day
2003
Environment in Latvia
# 22
Jordan :
23,540.77 kg/day
2003
Environment in Jordan
# 23
Moldova :
21,583.6 kg/day
2003
Environment in Moldova
# 24
Kyrgyzstan :
19,065.43 kg/day
2003
Environment in Kyrgyzstan
# 25
Azerbaijan :
15,536.53 kg/day
2003
Environment in Azerbaijan
# 26
Yemen :
15,444.85 kg/day
2003
Environment in Yemen
# 27
Puerto Rico :
9,243.97 kg/day
2003
Environment in Puerto Rico
# 28
Cyprus :
8,075.53 kg/day
2003
Environment in Cyprus
# 29
Oman :
5,758.54 kg/day
2003
Environment in Oman
# 30
Botswana :
5,499 kg/day
2003
Environment in Botswana
# 31
Macau :
5,039.83 kg/day
2003
Environment in Macau
# 32
Qatar :
3,892.92 kg/day
2003
Environment in Qatar
# 33
Niger :
386.25 kg/day
2003
Environment in Niger
# 34
Bermuda :
275.37 kg/day
2003
Environment in Bermuda
Weighted average:
171,846.8 kg/day
DEFINITION: Emissions of organic water pollutants are measured by biochemical oxygen demand, which refers to the amount of oxygen that bacteria in water will consume in breaking down waste. This is a standard water-treatment test for the presence of organic pollutants.
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"Organic water pollutant (BOD) emissions > kg per day (2003) by country", World Development Indicators database. Retrieved from http://www.NationMaster.com/graph/env_org_wat_pol_bod_emi_kg_per_day-bod-emissions-kg-per-day&date=2003
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