PD 13846:2000

Foreword
Summary
1 Introduction
2 Principles of use and disposal
      2.1 Options for sludge use and disposal
      2.2 Principles of option selection and control
3 Legislation and environmental quality standards
      3.1 European legislation
      3.2 International, European and national
             standardisation
4 Sludge production, quality and disposal in Europe
      4.1 Sludge production
      4.2 Sludge quality
      4.3 Sludge use and disposal
5 Assessment of sludge management options
      5.1 Sludge quality requirements
      5.2 Technical means of achieving sludge quality
             objectives
      5.3 Integration in material cycles
             5.3.1 Agriculture
             5.3.2 Reclamation and forestry
             5.3.3 Sludge as raw material
             5.3.4 Thermal exploitation
      5.4 Removal from material cycles
             5.4.1 Sea 37
             5.4.2 Thermal destruction
             5.4.3 Landfill
      5.5 Competitive materials
6 Options to preserve and extent sludge management
      ROUTES
      6.1 Evaluation of sludge management options
      6.2 Recommendations
References
List of abbreviations
Annex A (informative) Documents developed by CEN/TC 308
Annex B (informative) International and European Technical
                      Committees
Annex C (informative) EC and national quality limit values
                      controlling sewage sludge use in
                      agriculture
Annex D (informative) Comparison of approaches to sludge
                      quality standards in the United States
                      and Europe
Annex E (informative) SWOT (strengths, weaknesses,
                      opportunities and threats) Analysis of
                      sludge management
Annex F (informative) Strategic decision tools for sludge
                      management
Annex G (informative) Sludge questionnaires
Annex H (informative) National inquiry in Germany to test
                      the practicability of the draft
                      questionnaires
Annex I (informative) Cast study - Demonstration of the
                      effect of source control on chemical
                      contamination of sewage sludge

Deals with sludges from treating municipal, industrial and food processing wastewaters and from raw water to make it potable. Intended to analyse the current situation regarding sludge management in Europe and to recommend the approaches for preservation and extention of the use of sludge and future disposal outlets.