Water resources contamination and health hazards by textile industry effluent and glance at treatment techniques: A review

Abstract

Groundwater is very important part of life and source of survival on earth; and the clean water is one of the most important issues of the developed or developing world. In addition to other secondary problems such as solid waste and resource waste management, wastewater management is a major environmental obstacle to the development of the textile industry. Textile industry is the largest industrial sector of the world and hold very important part for the development of economy in all countries. Although the industry generates a lot of chemicals, including dyes in the form of wastewater. The textile industry is most fresh water consuming industry; simultaneously it discharges the huge load of contamination in our environment. The textile industry is the largest producer of wastewater during its different production processes. The wastewater creates several problems such as health problems, aquatic life including water pollution. The textile industry wastewater is treated by different methods such as coagulation, adsorption, membrane, and biological treatment. This paper reviews the different treatment technologies for textile wastewater along with its advantages and disadvantages. The objective of this study is to contribute a summary on the best and latest treatment techniques for textile industry effluent.

Keywords

• Activated carbon
• Biological treatment
• Coagulation
• Environmental pollution
• Textile industry
• Treatment techniques