The study was conducted in 2013/14 with the objective of determining the effects of Bahir Dar textile factory effluents on the head of Blue Nile River water quality. Dissolve oxygen was higher at the upstream site of the river, whereas BOD5, TDS, and total alkalinity values were higher at wastewater outlet of the factory site. The mean values of dissolved oxygen, BOD5, and total alkalinity were...

Introduction Effluents from the textile industry are not only colored but also contain large amounts of color, COD, BOD and dissolved solids. Textile industry is the one producing huge amount of wastewater. Due to stringent environmental regulations, treatment is mandatory before discharge the effluent. Conventional treatment methods include activated carbon adsorption, solvent extraction, chem...

This study examines the potential reuse of textile effluent treatment plant (ETP) sludge in building materials. The physico-chemical and engineering properties of a composite textile sludge sample from the southern part of India have been studied. The tests were conducted as per Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) specification codes to evaluate the suitability of the sludge for structural and non...

A dye-decolorizing bacterium was isolated from a soil sample and identified as Bacillus thuringiensis using 16S rRNA sequencing. The bacterium was able to decolorize three different textile dyes, namely, Reactive blue 13, Reactive red 58, and Reactive yellow 42, and a real dyehouse effluent up to 80-95% within 6 h. Some non-textile industrially important dyes were also decolorized to different ...

The vision of environmental engineering is wide, varied and unparalled. The changing world has prompted scientists to target towards green chemistry and green engineering. Green engineering encompasses environmental engineering. The path of success is visionary. Environmental engineering along with dye degradation techniques is ushering in a new era and new vision environmental pollution contro...

Suppose you are a chemist involved in developing a new product for a textile company. As part of the new process, a suspension of the compound lead phosphate will be used to treat the surface of the textile. The lead phosphate will end up in the waste effluent from your plant. This effluent will be discharged to the local municipal wastewater treatment plant. Unfortunately, from your standpoint...

Dyes are threat to aquatic as well as human life. These are often introduced in the water bodies from textile or paper industries with improper treatment. Chemical treatments for dye decolorization are quite costly; another disadvantage is decolorization of these dyes is not complete. The bacterial flora in the effluent of textile industries is continuously exposed to dyes. Few of this might be...

Lignin degrading white rot fungi, Schizophyllum commune and Lenzites eximia were collected from the living tree of Tramarindus indica and burnt tree respectively from the Western Ghats region of Tamil Nadu, India. The fungi were used for the decolourization of azo dyes such as congored, methylorange, erichrome blackT and also for decolourization of the dye industry effluents. Removal of azo dye...