BS EN 16720-1:2016

This standard BS EN 16720-1:2016 Characterization of sludges. Physical consistency is classified in these ICS categories:

• 13.030.20 Liquid wastes. Sludge

This part of the European Standard specifies a method for determining the flowability, as defined in CEN/TR 15463, of sludge by means of the extrusion tube apparatus.

This part of this European Standard is applicable to sludge and sludge suspensions from:

• storm water handling;

• urban wastewater collecting systems;

• urban wastewater treatment plants;

• plants treating industrial wastewater similar to urban wastewater (as defined in Directive 91/271/EEC);

• water supply treatment plants.

This method is also applicable to sludge and sludge suspensions of other origins.