Sediments

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Suitable for

• Construction and water management companies
• Watercourse and water body managers
• Private pond owners

Determines:

• Physical parameters – skeleton 2-4 mm, skeleton >4 mm, particulate <0.01 mm
• Inorganic parameters – total nitrogen, ammoniacal nitrogen, nitrate nitrogen, metals (Ca, Mg, K, P, As, Be, Cd, Co, Cr, Cu, Hg, Ni, Pb, V, Zn)
• Organic parameters – BTEX, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, polychlorinated biphenyls, C₁₀-C₄₀ hydrocarbons, DDT – sum of 6 isomers
• If possible contamination is suspected
• Microbiological and biological parameters - thermotolerant coliform bacteria, enterococci, Salmonella spp.
• Toxicity test on white worms (Enchytraeus crypticus), toxicity test on springtail (Folsomia candida), nitrification inhibition, inhibition of growth of higher plants (Lactuca sativa)

Analysis duration: usually seven to ten business days

Additional information:

• As a rule, the cheapest yet legislatively most demanding solution, is to place the sediment on nearby agricultural land, as it will also add nutrients
• As a rule, use for backfilling is the simplest in terms of administration
• It is possible to perform an analysis for use on the agricultural land fund and supplement it with several parameters from surface backfilling, and to make a decision only when the results are available (the scope of analyses is analogous). This is environmentally friendly and protects natural resources
• Landfilling is the least advantageous (the sediment is polluted, and so a landfilling fee is applied). This is the emergency option when no other option is possible.