Thailand - Organic water pollutant
Organic water pollutant (BOD) emissions (kg per day)
Definition: Emissions of organic water pollutants are measured by biochemical oxygen demand, which refers to the amount of oxygen that bacteria in water will consume in breaking down waste. This is a standard water-treatment test for the presence of organic pollutants.
Source: 1998 study by Hemamala Hettige, Muthukumara Mani, and David Wheeler, ""Industrial Pollution in Economic Development: Kuznets Revisited"" (available at www.worldbank.org/nipr). The data were updated by the World Bank's Development Research Group using the same methodology as the initial study.
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| Year | Value |
|---|---|
| 1996 | 369,362 |
| 1998 | 311,822 |
| 2000 | 356,012 |
| 2002 | 564,950 |
| 2006 | 581,425 |
Organic water pollutant (BOD) emissions (kg per day per worker)
Definition: Emissions per worker are total emissions of organic water pollutants divided by the number of industrial workers. Organic water pollutants are measured by biochemical oxygen demand, which refers to the amount of oxygen that bacteria in water will consume in breaking down waste. This is a standard water-treatment test for the presence of organic pollutants.
Source: World Bank and UNIDO's industry database.
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| Year | Value |
|---|---|
| 1996 | 0.15 |
| 1998 | 0.16 |
| 2000 | 0.15 |
| 2002 | 0.17 |
| 2006 | 0.15 |
Classification
Topic: Environment Indicators
Sub-Topic: Water pollution
