The analysis of organic matter in water and wastewater can be classified into 2 general types of measurements: those that quantify an aggregate amount of organic matter comprising organic constituents with a common characteristic and those that quantify individual organic compounds. The latter can be found in Part 6000. The former, described here in Part 5000, have been grouped into 4 categories:
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Standard Methods Committee of the American Public Health Association, American Water Works Association, and Water Environment Federation. 5010 introduction
In: Standard Methods For the Examination of Water and Wastewater. Lipps WC, Baxter TE, Braun-Howland E, editors. Washington DC: APHA Press.
DOI: 10.2105/SMWW.2882.100