Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

Comprehensive evaluation of the effluents eluted from different processes of the textile industry and its immobilization to trim down the environmental pollution

  • Published:
Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry Aims and scope Submit manuscript

Abstract

Due to the significance of industrial waste water pollution, which creates severe health hazards in humans, this study concentrates over the reduction and determination of the amounts of toxic metals/pollution parameters in the effluents leached from different processes of the textile industry. The concentrations of metal ions were measured by using neutron activation analysis (NAA) technique. The values of toxic metals such as As (49.1 ± 1.8 mg/L), Cu (42.7 ± 1.5 mg/L), Ni (41.1 ± 3.3 mg/L), Mn (51.1 ± 0.7 mg/L), Sb (1.89 ± 0.04 mg/L), Se (0.41 ± 0.01 mg/L), Co (7.5 ± 0.3 mg/L), Cr (8.5 ± 0.5 mg/L) and Cd (1.21 ± 0.08 mg/L) were found very high in crude textile’s effluents as compared to their standard recommended limits. The immense variation observed among the injurious pollutants of the effluents i.e. pH, temperature, electrical conductivity, turbidity, biological oxygen demands, chemical oxygen demands, total suspended solids, total dissolved solids, total solids etc. The toxic metals and injurious pollutants in the unprocessed effluents have been reduced in the post filtration effluents up to 98% and 96% respectively with the help of an ultra-filtration membrane therapy unit.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this article

Log in via an institution

Price excludes VAT (USA)
Tax calculation will be finalised during checkout.

Instant access to the full article PDF.

Institutional subscriptions

Fig. 1
Fig. 2
Fig. 3
Fig. 4
Fig. 5
Fig. 6
Fig. 7

Similar content being viewed by others

References

  1. Husaini SN, Zaidi JH, Matiullah, Naeem K, Akram M (2011) Metal poisoning and human health hazards due to contaminated salad vegetables. J Radioanal Nucl Chem 287:543–550

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  2. Husaini SN, Zaidi JH, Malik F, Arif M (2008) Utilization of nuclear track membrane for reduction of pollutants in the industrial effluents. Radiat Meas 43:S607–S611

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  3. Babu BR, Paranda AK, Raghu S, Kumar TP (2007) Textile technology, cotton textile processing, waste generation and effluent treatment. J Cotton Sci 11:141–153

    CAS  Google Scholar 

  4. Chakraborty SS, Basu JK, DasGupta S (2005) Treatment of a textile effluent: application of a combination method involving adsorption and nano-filtration. Desalination 174:73–85

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  5. Chen X, Shen Z, Zhu X, Fan Y, Wang W (2005) Advance treatment of textile waste water. Water Res 31:127–132

    CAS  Google Scholar 

  6. Lukanova V, Ganchev VA (2005) Possibility for shrinkage decrease of textile fabrics. Fiber Textile 13:51–57

    CAS  Google Scholar 

  7. Pakistan Environmental Protection Act-97 for National Environmental Quality Standards, 1997

  8. Tang C, Chen V (2002) Nano-filtration of textile wastewater for water reuse. Desalination 143:11–20

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  9. Ugoji EO, Aboaba OO (2004) Biological treatment of textile industrial effluents in Nigeria. J Environ Biol 25:497–502

    CAS  Google Scholar 

  10. Khan MS, Ahmed S, Evans A, Chadwick M (2009) Methodology for performance analysis of textile effluent treatment plant in Bangladesh. Chem Eng Res Bull 13:61–66

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  11. Visvanathan C, Kumar S (2000) National workshop on sustainable industrial development through cleaner production. Cleaner Production in Textile Sector: Asian Scenario, Colombo, Sri Lanka

  12. Tamburlini G, Ehrenstein OV, Bertollini R (2002) Children’s health and environment: a review of evidence. In: Environmental issue report no. 129, WHO/European Environment Agency, WHO, Geneva, p 223

  13. Kupechella CE, Hyland MC (1989) Environmental science. Allen and Baron, London

    Google Scholar 

  14. WHO (2002) Water pollutants: biological agents, dissolved chemicals, non-dissolved chemicals, sediments, heat. WHO CEHA, Amman

    Google Scholar 

  15. Novick R (1999) Overview and the health in Europe in the 1990s. WHO, Europe Regional Office, Copenhagen, EUR/ICP/EH/CO 02 02 05/6, p 20

  16. Malarkodi M, Krishnasamy R, Kumaraperumal R, Chitdeshwari T (2007) Characterization of heavy metal contaminated soils of Coimbatore district in Tamil Nadu. J Agron 6(1):147–151

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  17. Ghosh P, Gangopadhyay R (2000) Photo-functionalization of cellulose and lingo-cellulose fibers using photoactive organic acids. Eur Polym J 3:625–634

    Article  Google Scholar 

  18. Karim MM, Dasa AK, Lee SH (2006) Treatment of colored effluent of the textile industry in Bangladesh using zinc chloride treated indigenous activated carbons. Anal Chim Acta 576:37–42

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  19. Rott U, Minke R (1999) Overview of wastewater treatment and recycling in the textile processing industry. Water Sci Technol 40:37–144

    Google Scholar 

  20. Bradbury MJ, Collishaw PS, Moorhouse S (2000) Controlled rinsing: a step change in reactive dye application technology. Colourage 5:73–80

    Google Scholar 

  21. Azymezyk M, El-Shafei A, Freeman HS (2007) Design, synthesis and characterization of new iron complex azo dyes. Dyes Pigm 72:8–15

    Article  Google Scholar 

  22. Mcmullan G, Meehan C, Conneely A, Nirby N, Robinson P, Nigam I, Bannat M, Marchant SWF (2001) Mini review: Microbial de-colorization and degradation of textile dyes. Appl Microbial Biotechnol 56:81–87

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  23. Khan M, Knapp J, Clemett A, Chadwick M (2006) Managing pollution from small industries in Bangladesh. Technical report, Research for Development, Department for International Development (DFID)

  24. Abo-Elela SL, El-Gohary FA, Ali HI, Wahab RSA (1988) Treatablility studies of textile waste water. Environ Technol Lett 9:101–108

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  25. Pigmon HM, Brasquet CF, Cloiree PL (2003) Adsorption of dyes onto activated carbon cloths: approach of adsorption mechanisms and coupling of ACC with ultra-filtration to treat colored waste waters. Sep Purif Technol 31:3–11

    Article  Google Scholar 

  26. Abdessemed D, Nezzal G (2002) Treatment of primary effluent by coagulation adsorption-ultra-filtration for reuse. Desalination 152:367–373

    Article  Google Scholar 

  27. Dhale AD, Mahajani VV (2000) Studies on treatment of disperse dye waste: membrane-wet oxidation process. Waste Manage 20:85–92

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  28. Xu Y, Lebrun R, Gallo PJ, Blond P (1999) Treatment of textile dye plant effluent by nano-filtration membrane. Sep Sci Technol 34:2501–2519

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  29. Chen X, Shen Z, Zhu X, Fan Y, Wang W (2005) Advanced treatment of textile wastewater for reuse using electrochemical oxidation and membrane filtration. Water South Africa 31:127–132

    CAS  Google Scholar 

  30. Browne E, Firestone RB (1986) Table of radioactive isotopes. Wiley, New York

    Google Scholar 

  31. Qureshi IH, Mannan A, Zaidi JH, Arif M, Khalid N (1990) Determination of trace elements in integrated human diet for dietary assessment. Int J Environ Anal Chem 38:566–570

    Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. PINSTECH, P.O. Nilore, Islamabad, Pakistan

    S. N. Husaini, J. H. Zaidi,  Matiullah & M. Akram

Authors
  1. S. N. Husaini
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  2. J. H. Zaidi
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  3. Matiullah
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  4. M. Akram
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Corresponding author

Correspondence to S. N. Husaini.

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Cite this article

Husaini, S.N., Zaidi, J.H., Matiullah et al. Comprehensive evaluation of the effluents eluted from different processes of the textile industry and its immobilization to trim down the environmental pollution. J Radioanal Nucl Chem 288, 903–910 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10967-011-1024-z

Download citation

  • Received:

  • Published:

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10967-011-1024-z

Keywords

Search

Navigation