| Determinant | Units | Dry dewatered faecal sludge | Wet dewatered faecal sludge | Mean | SD | Min | Max | Mean | SD | Min | Max |
| Chloride | mg·kg−1 cl | 22.04 | 24.15 | 2.40 | 49 | 30.11 | 10.06 | 20.74 | 40.74 |
| Moisture | % | 15.78 | 3.97 | 13.16 | 20.35 | 84.79 | 3.13 | 81.19 | 86.88 |
| CV | MJ/kg−1 | 15.58 | 0.36 | 15.16 | 15.82 | 17.12 | 1.04 | 16.39 | 18.31 |
| TVS | % dry basis | 67.10 | 6.39 | 60.00 | 72.4 | 78.73 | 4.86 | 73.7 | 83.4 |
| Copper | mg·kg−1 | 125.93 | 14.37 | 115.40 | 142.3 | 185.30 | 3.24 | 181.8 | 188.2 |
| Chromium | mg·kg−1 | 42.53 | 6.23 | 37.42 | 49.47 | 26.33 | 11.94 | 12.65 | 34.63 |
| Zinc | mg·kg−1 | 694.00 | 72.56 | 647.40 | 777.6 | 923.77 | 86.65 | 824.6 | 984.9 |
| Nickel | mg·kg−1 | 25.12 | 4.05 | 21.79 | 29.63 | 22.04 | 1.82 | 19.94 | 23.16 |
| Cadmium | mg·kg−1 | 0.60 | 0.11 | 0.52 | 0.72 | 0.86 | 0.04 | 0.83 | 0.91 |
| Lead | mg·kg−1 | 6.69 | 1.10 | 5.45 | 7.54 | 18.77 | 1.45 | 17.21 | 20.08 |
| Arsenic | mg·kg−1 | 10.82 | 0.46 | 10.48 | 11.34 | 10.02 | 3.26 | 7.44 | 13.69 |
| Barium | mg·kg−1 | 119.60 | 13.52 | 110.20 | 135.1 | 176.10 | 32.43 | 142.9 | 207.7 |
| Molybdenum | mg·kg−1 | 12.05 | 1.41 | 10.90 | 13.62 | 14.42 | 0.64 | 13.76 | 15.03 |
| Selenium | mg·kg−1 | 6.27 | 2.65 | 3.72 | 9.01 | 9.73 | 7.13 | 4.42 | 17.83 |
| Aluminium | mg·kg−1 | 3,701.33 | 380.53 | 3,318.00 | 4079 | 7,168.00 | 642.24 | 6704 | 7901 |
| Boron | mg·kg−1 | 41.31 | 6.11 | 37.19 | 48.33 | 75.37 | 8.33 | 65.82 | 81.15 |
| Iron | mg·kg−1 | 5,517.67 | 669.33 | 5,069.00 | 6287 | 9,159.33 | 1,013.46 | 8456 | 10321 |
| Manganese | mg·kg−1 | 241.83 | 41.96 | 203.40 | 286.6 | 269.90 | 94.46 | 168.8 | 355.9 |
| Titanium | mg·kg−1 | 53.36 | 5.31 | 50.19 | 59.49 | 58.57 | 15.76 | 48.15 | 76.7 |
| Vanadium | mg·kg−1 | 12.46 | 1.83 | 11.03 | 14.52 | 22.12 | 2.17 | 20.7 | 24.62 |
| Calcium | mg·kg−1 | 28,746.00 | 5,450.53 | 24,653.00 | 34933 | 44,305.67 | 6,742.42 | 37658 | 51139 |
| Magnesium | mg·kg−1 | 6,538.67 | 979.80 | 5,684.00 | 7608 | 9,446.00 | 532.79 | 8837 | 9826 |
| Sodium | mg·kg−1 | 2,246.33 | 478.67 | 1,783.00 | 2739 | 860.90 | 241.38 | 676.1 | 1134 |
| Potassium | mg·kg−1 | 2,660.00 | 265.88 | 2,417.00 | 2944 | 1,977.00 | 595.04 | 1386 | 2576 |
| Phosphorous | mg·kg−1 | 16,305.00 | 3,127.61 | 13,541.00 | 19700 | 24,668.50 | 3,043.79 | 21684 | 27653 |
| Sulfur | mg·kg−1 | 9,332.00 | 1,778.69 | 7,780.00 | 11273 | 12,367.00 | 2,952.14 | 10977 | 13757 |
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