ASTM D5905-98e1

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Designation: D 5905 – 98
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Reprinted from the Annual Book of ASTM Standards. Copyright ASTM
Standard Practice for
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the Preparation of Substitute Wastewater
This standard is issued under the fixed designation D 5905; the number immediately following the designation indicates the year of
original adoption or, in the case of revision, the year of last revision. A number in parentheses indicates the year of last reapproval. A
superscript epsilon (e) indicates an editorial change since the last revision or reapproval.
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e NOTE—The title of this standard was editorially corrected in February 1999.
1. Scope 4. Significance and Use
1.1 This practice covers the preparation of an aqueous 4.1 Substitute wastewater may be used for laboratory testing
mixture containing constituents in concentrations such that it where a reproducible mixture simulating municipal wastewater
will have physical and chemical matrix characteristics similar is required. To provide a more rugged evaluation of a test
to municipal wastewater. method’s ability to measure analytes and the precision of the
1.2 Wastewaters are extremely variable, depending on the test method under more demanding conditions, it is necessary
quantity and nature of the materials being discharged into the to utilize a matrix more complex than reagent water. Substitute
collection system. The mixture prepared with this practice is wastewater is intended to be used as a material to be spiked
not representative of any particular wastewater. Rather, it with analytes or interferents of interest to evaluate the perfor-
allows the user to prepare a mixture that exhibits a similar mance of test methods.
matrix impact on test method performance as is typical of 4.2 Utilization of substitute wastewater as a matrix in
municipal wastewater and can be prepared from common interlaboratory validation studies will allow inclusion of per-
materials inexpensively and reproducibly. It allows the evalu- formance statistics for this matrix in the Precision and Bias
ation of test methods, over time, against the same reference section of test methods. Users of test methods will be able to
point. evaluate their application of test methods in this matrix against
1.3 This standard does not purport to address all of the published results.
safety concerns, if any, associated with its use. It is the
5. Apparatus
responsibility of the user of this standard to establish appro-
5.1 Blender, household or commercial variety, with a
priate safety and health practices and determine the applica-
bility of regulatory limitations prior to use. chemically inert container and a tight sealing lid.
6. Reagents
2. Referenced Documents
2.1 ASTM Standards: 6.1 Purity of Reagents—Reagent grade chemicals shall be
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used in all tests. Unless otherwise indicated, it is intended that
D 1129 Terminology Relating to Water
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D 1141 Specification for Substitute Ocean Water all reagents conform to the specifications of the Committee on
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Analytical Reagents of the American Chemical Society where
D 1193 Specification for Reagent Water
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D 2777 Practice for Determination of Precision and Bias of such specifications are available. Other grades may be used,
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Applicable Methods of Committee D-19 on Water provided it is first ascertained that the reagent is of sufficiently
high purity to permit its use without lessening the accuracy of
3. Terminology
determination.
3.1 Definitions—For definitions of terms used in this prac- 6.2 Purity of Water—Unless otherwise indicated, references
tice, refer to Terminology D 1129. to water shall be understood to mean reagent water as defined
3.2 Definitions of Terms Specific to This Standard: by Type I of Specification D 1193.
3.2.1 substitute wastewater—a mixture of dissolved and 6.3 Kaolin—USP grade. Dry to constant weight at 103°C
suspended materials in water, typical of the influent to a before use.
municipal wastewater treatment facility. 6.4 Beer—A commercially produced beverage made by
fermenting mixtures of grains, malts, and hops; reduced
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This practice is under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee D-19 on Water and
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is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee D19.02 on General Specifications, Reagent Chemicals, American Chemical Society Specifications, American
Technical Resources, and Statistical Methods. Chemical Society, Washington, DC. For suggestions on the testing of reagents not
Current edition approved Sept. 10, 1998. Published November 1998. Originally listed by the American Chemical Society, see Analar Standards for Laboratory
published as D 5905–96. Last previous edition D 5905–96. Chemicals, BDH Ltd., Poole, Dorset, U.K., and the United States Pharmacopeia
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Annual Book of ASTM Standards, Vol 11.01. and National Formulary, U.S. Pharmac
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