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Removing colour from dyehouse waste waters — a critical review of technology available
Author(s) -
Cooper P
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
journal of the society of dyers and colourists
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.297
H-Index - 49
eISSN - 1478-4408
pISSN - 0037-9859
DOI - 10.1111/j.1478-4408.1993.tb01536.x
Subject(s) - effluent , textile , computer science , textile industry , waste management , environmental science , process engineering , engineering , materials science , law , political science , composite material
Strict controls are being introduced on coloured effluents from UK dyehouses discharged to sewer. Failure to comply with these new regulations could result in prosecution. Yet in certain cases the technology to treat dyehouse waste waters adequately is either not available or prohibitively costly. This paper (originally given at a conference at the Manchester Conference Centre entitled ‘Waste water management for industry’) reviews the treatment technologies that can currently be used by the textile processor and discusses those newer techniques that may emerge in the near future.