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If you are referring to "sludge," yes you would need the solids content. In other words, a short (2000 lbs) ton of wet sludge might contain only 200 lbs of dry solids, if it was 10% solids.
0.10 x 2000 wet lbs = 200 dry lbs of solids
Converting US tons (2000 lbs) to metric tons, where a metric ton is 2205 lbs.:
1216.62 wet short tons at say 10% solids = 121.662 tons of dry solids
121.662 short tons x 2000/2205 = 110.35 MT
But, you'll need the solids content to get the correct answer.
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