Pollution is the discharge of unwanted material, residue andenergy into the environment. Some of these residues are unconverted rawmaterial, some are uncovered products and some are by products produced duringthe manufacturing or processing. In other words, pollution is a sign ofinefficiency in industrial production and it can be considered as money that isgoing up the chimney, down the sewer and out of the plant in waste truck, thuscausing loss to the manufacturer.


The pollution in a composite textile mill can becategorized into three groups:


  1. Air Pollution
  2. Water Pollution
  3. Noise and Vibration Pollution.


Of these, water pollution is more significant compared toother pollution.


Water pollution:


Textile industry is one of the leading consumers of water.It consumes about 3.2% of total consumption of water for various processes suchas sizing, scouring, bleaching, dyeing, printing and other finishing processes.The used water containing various constituents such as dyes, chemicals isdirectly released into the sources of water which gets contaminated and thusresulting into water pollution. Nowadays the use of synthetic fibres, polymersand finishes by textile industry is increasing at rapid rate. Since many ofthese products are resistant to biological degradation, it causes waterpollution when released as effluent into the water sources.


The seriousness of water pollution depends upon howeffectively the above processes are carried out and also the quantity of wateras well as the substrate or the chemicals used in processes.


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Theauthor is studying in Final Year B.TECH at V.J.T.I.