Iszap
Iszap is the Hungarian word for mud, sludge, or fine sediment and is used broadly in geology, environmental science and everyday language to describe wet, cohesive mixtures of water, silt, clay and organic matter. In technical contexts it corresponds to materials variously called sludge, slurry or sediment produced by natural processes (river and lake bottoms, wetlands) or by human activities (wastewater treatment, mining and industrial residue).
Composition and properties vary widely: iszap may be dominated by mineral particles, organic detritus, or industrial
Management and uses depend on source and contamination. Treated municipal sludge (biosolids) can be stabilized and
In everyday Hungarian usage, iszap is also applied metaphorically to mean muck or mess. The term’s technical