What is PD CEN/TR 15126 ‒ Characterization of sludges about?
PD CEN/TR 15126 gives one of a series of sludge management options and describes good practices for the disposal of sludges and sludge treatment residues to landfills where national regulations permit.
PD CEN/TR 15126 is applicable to the sludges described in the scope of CEN/TC 308, i.e. specifically derived from:
- stormwater handling
- night soil
- urban wastewater collecting systems
- urban wastewater treatment plants
- treating industrial wastewater similar to urban wastewater (as defined in Directive 91/271/EEC)
- water supply treatment plants
- water distribution systems
but excluding hazardous sludges from the industry.
Who is PD CEN/TR 15126‒ Characterization of sludges for?
BS EN 14702 on the characterization of sludges is useful for entities dealing with:
- Wastewater collecting systems
- Wastewater treatment plants
- Plants treating industrial wastewater
- Water supply treatment plants
Why should you use PD CEN/TR 15126‒ Characterization of sludges?
In wastewater treatment plants, sludge thickening occurs in the lower layers of clarifiers and in separate thickening tanks. A number of parameters have been developed to obtain a quantitative measure of the settle ability of sludge.
PD CEN/TR 15126 characterizes practices and methods that can be easily performed and has widespread use in routine process control for sludge quality comparison.
PD CEN/TR 15126 gives you the procedure for the use of indexes for sizing/optimizing decanters and static thickeners and talks about the care with which they should be handled.
PD CEN/TR 15126 provides you with the measures for determining the treatment of sludge, that can help you in landfilling of sludge and enables sludge treatment as the lowest cost for its volume reduction.
