A BOD test is to be run on a sample of wastewater that has a 5 day BOD of 210 mg/L. The intial dissolved oxygen, DO of a mix of distilled water and wastewater is 7.9 mg/L.  Roughly what is the maximum volume of wastewater should you put in the bottle if you want to have at least 2.0 mg/L of DO remaining at the end of 5 days?

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A BOD test is to be run on a sample of wastewater that has a 5 day BOD of 210 mg/L. The intial dissolved oxygen, DO of a mix of distilled water and wastewater is 7.9 mg/L. 

Roughly what is the maximum volume of wastewater should you put in the bottle if you want to have at least 2.0 mg/L of DO remaining at the end of 5 days?

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