UNSPSC 41113339: Chemical oxygen demand COD meter

A meter that measure the pollution in the water by using the chemical products heavy chrome acid potassium, potassium permanganate. When the organic matter, pollutant substance in water, is oxidized chemically, the organic matter is disintegrated in carbon gas and water to consume the oxygen, and the oxygen volume consumed is the value for chemical oxygen demand.

UNSPSC 41113339 Chemical oxygen demand COD meter is a Commodity code covering instrumentation used to measure the organic matter content of water samples — a standard analytical tool in environmental monitoring and wastewater treatment operations. State and local governments procure COD meters primarily through environmental protection agencies, public health departments, wastewater treatment authorities, and water quality monitoring programs that require real-time or laboratory-based measurement of water pollution levels. The meters range from portable field instruments to benchtop laboratory analyzers, and procurement typically targets equipment meeting EPA or state-specific water-quality testing standards. Issuing bodies include state environmental agencies, county health departments, municipal water utilities, and regional water districts, with water authorities appearing as the most frequent procurement drivers.

The source provided contains no recent state and local contract opportunities for this code, limiting visibility into current geographic activity, representative recent solicitations, or response timelines. The absence of recent postings may reflect the specialized nature of COD metering — procurement tends toward planned capital equipment budgets rather than high-frequency spot buys — or a lag in opportunity aggregation for highly technical laboratory instrumentation. Firms pursuing activity under this code should monitor state environmental agency procurement channels, water-authority cooperative purchasing agreements, and wastewater utility RFPs directly, as these opportunities may not populate broad state and local opportunity aggregators with consistent lead times.