Activity-3

MPN?
 Most Probable Number (MPN)
• A statistical estimate of the number of
coliform-group organisms per unit
volume of sample water. Expressed as a
density or population of organisms per
100 ml of sample water. 
• MPN is most commonly applied for
quality testing of water i.e. to ensure
whether the water is safe or not in terms
of micro organisms present in it.
 Activity-4
BOD COD LIMITS
 Effluent discharge Standards

THE ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION ACT 2002

Parameter Unit Maximum permissible

limit
Chemical Oxygen mg/l 120
Demand (COD)
Biochemical Oxygen mg/l 40
Demand (BOD)
 Activity-5
db(A) db(B) db(C)
db(D)db(Z)?
A-Weighting Db(A) B-Weighting Db(B) C-Weighting Db(C)

Used at low levels(40 Used at medium Used at high

db) levels(70db) levels(100 db)
Adjusts overall scale so Adjusts by factors that are Adjusts scale for loud
it better matches what in-between the A-Weighted or low frequency
the human ear would and C-Weighted sounds
hear factors(Rarely used).
Example: Normal Example: traffic sounds Example: bomb blast
human hearing sounds
 Db(D) db(Z)
• D-weighting db(D), a sound level meter
frequency weighting developed for measuring
aircraft noise especially non-bypass military
engines.

• Z-weighting db(Z), the Z is for 'zero' frequency

weighting, implying no weighting across the
audio spectrum. In reality the range is 10 Hz to
20 kHz ±1.5 dB.