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Textiles wastewater treatment technology: A review

  • North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University
  • Industrial and systems engineering with North Carolina A&T State University

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Abstract

The following is a review of published literature on textile wastewater in 2019. Presented are the sections described for the review: concise introduction on the textiles wastewater, followed by a review of present textile treatment technologies organized by physicochemical, biological, and combined processes. Lastly, a discussion of the future topics is presented. Practitioner points: The discharge of textile dye wastewater represents a serious environmental problem and public health concern. Effluents from textile manufacturing, dyeing, and finishing processes contain high-concentration recalcitrant chemicals that are resistant to biodegradation. The textile wastewater needs environmental-friendly and cost-effective combined treatment process.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1805-1810
Number of pages6
JournalWater Environment Research
Volume92
Issue number10
DOIs
StatePublished - Oct 1 2020

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

  1. SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being
    SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being

Keywords

  • biological process
  • combined process
  • degradation
  • physicochemical process
  • textiles wastewater

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