Indicator Assessment
Oxygen consuming substances in European rivers
Indicator Assessment
Prod-ID:
IND-20-en
Also known as:
CSI 019
,
WAT 002
Published 23 Feb 2015
Last modified 05 Feb 2019
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Topics:
Water and marine environment
Concentrations of biochemical oxygen demand (BOD) and total ammonium have decreased in European rivers in the period 1992 to 2012 (Fig. 1), mainly due to general improvement in waste water treatment.