NOVELTY - Solid water-dispersible formulation (A1) comprises: active compounds of sulfonamide compounds (I) or their salts; safeners; solvents; carrier materials with low or high absorbency; and customary auxiliaries and additives of emulsifiers, antifoams, wetting agents or dispersants, where the ratio of safeners to solvents is 0.3-2:1 (preferably 0.5-1:1) and the sum of the safeners and the solvents to carriers (((safeners)+(solvents)):(carriers with high absorbency)) with high absorbency is in the ratio of 1.7-3.9:1 (preferably 2-3:1).    USE - (A1) is useful for controlling harmful plants and for preparing a herbicidal composition (claimed). (A1) is useful for controlling undesired vegetation, preferably in crops of plants such as cereals (e.g. wheat, barley, rye, oats, rice, corn and millet), sugar beet, sugar cane, oilseed rape, cotton and soya, especially preferred in monocotyledonous plant. No biological data given.    ADVANTAGE - (A1) has high chemical, physical storage stability, is easy to apply, easy to use and has broad effective biological action combined with high selectivity. (A1) is user friendly and has efficient herbicidal activity against a broad spectrum of economically important monocotyledonous and dicotyledonous harmful plants.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - Solid water-dispersible formulation (A1) comprises: active compounds of sulfonamide compounds of formula R-alpha-(A)m-SO2NR- beta -CO-(NR- gamma )n-R- delta (I) or their salts; safeners; solvents; carrier materials with low or high absorbency; customary auxiliaries and additives of emulsifiers, antifoams, wetting agents or dispersants, where the ratio of safeners to solvents is 0.3-2:1 (preferably 0.5-1:1) and the sum of the safeners and the solvents to carriers (((safeners)+(solvents)):(carriers with high absorbency)) with high absorbency is in the ratio of 1.7-3.9:1 (preferably 2-3:1).    R-alpha=heteroaryl (where phenyl, including substituents, has 1-30 C (preferably 1-20C)) or phenyl (both optionally substituted) (where phenyl, including substituents, has 6-30C (preferably 6-20C));    R- beta , R- gamma =H or 1-10C hydrocarbon (e.g. 1-6C alkyl) (preferably H or -CH 3);    A=CH 2, O (preferred) or NH;    R- delta =heterocyclic such as pyrimidinyl or triazinyl; and    m, n=0 or 1 (preferably n is 1).    INDEPENDENT CLAIMS are also included for:    (1) preparation of (A1) comprising combining the individual components in the respective ratios;    (2) a method of controlling harmful plants, comprising applying (A1) to the harmful plants, to parts of the plants, to plant seeds and/or to the area on which the plants grow; and    (3) a herbicidal composition comprising (A1).