| Byproduct material | Particle-size fraction | P removal | p-value* | |
| Average | Variance | |||
|
| mm | % |
| |
| Red mud iron filter cake | ||||
|
| <2 | 98 | 0.009 | <0.001 |
|
| <6 | 56 | 0.004 | <0.001 |
|
| <12.5 | 28 | 0.221 | <0.001 |
| Water treatment residual | ||||
|
| <2 | 94 | 0.118 | 0.496 |
|
| <6 | 57 | 0.052 | <0.001 |
|
| <12.5 | 10 | 0.280 | <0.001 |