Q. Eutrophicated lake has BOD

A) Lower
B) Higher
C) Dependent on climate
D) May be lower or higher
Explanation

Eutrophication is increase in amount of nutrients in water due to detergents, pesticides, etc, and it leads to organic loading, depletion $of\ O_{2},$ etc. Eutrophicated lake (polluted water) has higher Biochemical Oxygen Demand (BOD), it is the amount of $O_{2}$in mg required to decompose organic matter present in one litre of heavily polluted water.

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