摘要:The method of short-term BOD (biochemical oxygen demand) determination of sewage, polluted river water, and effluent from treatment plant was studied under the same experimental conditions as 5-day BOD test. The principle of the method is based on the regression equation derived from the fact that BOD changes linearly with incubation, in a shorter time, on biaxial-logarithmic graph, when a sufficient amount of seed was added to glucose-glutamic acid solution as substrate. Five-day BOD values calculated through the linear regression equation from BOD values on 0.1 and 1 day after incubation showed a good agreement with the results of standardized 5-day BOD test. The method may be suited to estimation of BOD of polluted water which contains higher levels of organic matter.