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people thereby increasing the economy of a country. It is a vast diverse sector in
terms of raw materials, processes, products and equipment and has a very complicated industrial chain (Irina-Isabella et al. 2008).India accounts for about 14% of the
world’s production of textile fibres and yarns. This includes jute, of which it is the
largest producer. India is the second largest producer of silk, cellulose fibre and yarn
and the fifth largest producer of synthetic fibre and yarn. Many countries of the world
bloom because of this sector. Majority of these industries are water based. Over 3/4
th
of the freshwater drawn by the domestic and industrial effluents unavoidably end
up in surface water bodies or in the groundwater affecting water quality. In India,
(Tamil Nadu) main contributors to the surface and ground water pollution are the
by-products of the variety of industries such as the textile and dyeing (Kaushik et al.
2005) sugar (Thamizhiniyan et al. 2009), processing chemicals, pesticides, fertilizer,
pulp and paper (Malla and Mohanty 2005) distilleries, food processing dairy and
sago (Dhanam 2009) mining, electroplating and others (Sah et al. 2000).
The industrial effluents are generally considered harmful but sometimes used for
irrigating various crops (Malaviya et al. 2007 and Nath et al. 2009). High levels
of pollutants in the water bodies cause an increase in Biological Oxygen Demand
(BOD), Chemical Oxygen Demand (COD), Total Dissolved Solids (TDS), Total
Suspended Solids (TSS), toxic metals such as Cd, Cr, Ni and Pb and fecal coliform
and the presence of heavy metals in the environment causes deleterious effects to
plants and human beings, particularly at certain levels of exposure and absorption.
The industrial use of water is very low as compared to agricultural use, the disposal of
industrial effluents on land or surface water bodies make water assets inappropriate
for other uses (Buechler and Mekala 2005). It is also one of the industries which
consumes colossal amount of portable and industrial water.
The low cost adsorbents obtained from various plant sources have been found
to be more economical and sometimes more effective than commercially available
activated carbon for dye removal from the industrial wastes. Dyed effluents can be
treated by using low cost adsorbents such as fly ash, bagasse pith, neem leaf powder,
babul bark, sewage treatment bio solids (sludge) and coconut coir (Sivamani and
Lena Grace 2009). The adsorption characteristics of Eriochrome Black-T dye on the
activated Nilgiri leaves, was an alternative low cost adsorbent to the commercially
available activated carbon for the decolorization of dyed textile effluents (Ishtiyak
and Chhipa 2015). Based on above reference, in the present study plant seeds were
used for the treatment of the dye effluents.
The Objectives of the study are to collect dye industry effluents and analyze the
physicochemical parameters as per standard methods (APHA 2005) and to prepare
the seed powder from plant seeds (Dodonae viscosa) for treatment of dye effluents.We
aim to produce a bio filter column to increase the treatment effect on the dye industry
effluents.
B. Sivasathya et al.
people thereby increasing the economy of a country. It is a vast diverse sector in
terms of raw materials, processes, products and equipment and has a very complicated industrial chain (Irina-Isabella et al. 2008).India accounts for about 14% of the
world’s production of textile fibres and yarns. This includes jute, of which it is the
largest producer. India is the second largest producer of silk, cellulose fibre and yarn
and the fifth largest producer of synthetic fibre and yarn. Many countries of the world
bloom because of this sector. Majority of these industries are water based. Over 3/4
th
of the freshwater drawn by the domestic and industrial effluents unavoidably end
up in surface water bodies or in the groundwater affecting water quality. In India,
(Tamil Nadu) main contributors to the surface and ground water pollution are the
by-products of the variety of industries such as the textile and dyeing (Kaushik et al.
2005) sugar (Thamizhiniyan et al. 2009), processing chemicals, pesticides, fertilizer,
pulp and paper (Malla and Mohanty 2005) distilleries, food processing dairy and
sago (Dhanam 2009) mining, electroplating and others (Sah et al. 2000).
The industrial effluents are generally considered harmful but sometimes used for
irrigating various crops (Malaviya et al. 2007 and Nath et al. 2009). High levels
of pollutants in the water bodies cause an increase in Biological Oxygen Demand
(BOD), Chemical Oxygen Demand (COD), Total Dissolved Solids (TDS), Total
Suspended Solids (TSS), toxic metals such as Cd, Cr, Ni and Pb and fecal coliform
and the presence of heavy metals in the environment causes deleterious effects to
plants and human beings, particularly at certain levels of exposure and absorption.
The industrial use of water is very low as compared to agricultural use, the disposal of
industrial effluents on land or surface water bodies make water assets inappropriate
for other uses (Buechler and Mekala 2005). It is also one of the industries which
consumes colossal amount of portable and industrial water.
The low cost adsorbents obtained from various plant sources have been found
to be more economical and sometimes more effective than commercially available
activated carbon for dye removal from the industrial wastes. Dyed effluents can be
treated by using low cost adsorbents such as fly ash, bagasse pith, neem leaf powder,
babul bark, sewage treatment bio solids (sludge) and coconut coir (Sivamani and
Lena Grace 2009). The adsorption characteristics of Eriochrome Black-T dye on the
activated Nilgiri leaves, was an alternative low cost adsorbent to the commercially
available activated carbon for the decolorization of dyed textile effluents (Ishtiyak
and Chhipa 2015). Based on above reference, in the present study plant seeds were
used for the treatment of the dye effluents.
The Objectives of the study are to collect dye industry effluents and analyze the
physicochemical parameters as per standard methods (APHA 2005) and to prepare
the seed powder from plant seeds (Dodonae viscosa) for treatment of dye effluents.We
aim to produce a bio filter column to increase the treatment effect on the dye industry
effluents.