This standard describes soda ash for use in the treatment of potable water, wastewater, or reclaimed water. This standard provides purchasers, manufacturers, and suppliers with the minimum requirements for soda ash, including physical, chemical, packaging, shipping, and testing requirements. Topics covered include impurities, verification, sampling, apparent density, insoluble matter, total available alkali, and rejection.

This revision of B102 includes the use of soda ash for wastewater and reclaimed water as well as definitions of these terms.