Possibility of using the sludge-ash mixture for land reclamation, taking into account the impact of the environmental pH on the leachability of heavy metals

Municipal sewage sludge and ashes from the combustion of solid fuels in households were mixed in a mass ratio of 1:1 on a dry basis, crushed and mineralized to det. the content of heavy metals. Grinded samples of the research material were stirred for 24 h in the leachant of various pH and the content of heavy metals in the obtained eluate was detd. using flame atomic absorption spectrometry. The leachability results were compared with the total content of heavy metals in the mixt. in order to assess the level of their mobility into the water environment. The pH of the environment strongly detd. the mobility of heavy metals.