The study focused on influence of phosphate on the hydration characteristics of water purification sludge ash, sewage sludge ash and industry sludge ash, utilized as cement raw material. The results indicated the leaching concentrations of all three types of ecocement clinkers met the regulatory thresholds. The C3S content in the ECO-I clinkers was similar to that in the OPC. The results show that the ECO-I pastes had a similar setting time, final setting time, compressive strength, degree of hydration compared to the OPC pastes. The results indicate that it is feasible to use sludge ashes and ferrate waste to replace up to 20% of the mineral components of raw materials for cement. A delay in the setting time observed in the ECO-Ⅱ and ECO-Ⅲ pastes may be primarily attributed to the larger amounts of α-C2S, which delayed the setting time. In the ECO-Ⅱ and ECO-Ⅲ pastes the amount of α-C2S resulted compressive strength retardation of that early stage. Also, ECO-Ⅱ and ECO-Ⅲ pastes show lower degree of hydration values at all ages of hydration. The main reason for this is that the amounts of α-C2S causes the degree of hydration in the ECO-Ⅱ and ECO-Ⅲ paste to decrease more than that of pure cement. Therefore, waste sludge ash utilized as cement raw material, the interferences of phosphate >0.46% might produce adverse effects on cement burning or hydration.