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Treated wastewater is discharged to a river as shown in the diagram below. A sample is collected from the mixing point and incubated in a BOD bottle for 5 days

at 20°C. The degradation rate constant, k, at 20°C is 0.12 day1. What is the dissolved oxygen concentration in the bottle (in mg O2/L) after the 5-day incubation period?

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