Textile industry effluents were collected from textile units
around Faisalabad including, Arzoo Textile industry (ART), Crescent
Textile Industry (CRT), Itmad Textile Industry (ITT), Megna
Textile Industry (MGT) and Ayesha Textile Industry (AST) effluents
(Table 1). According to the information provided by the industries,
almost all of them were using mixtures of disperse and direct dyes
while some of them used reactive dyes as well. However, none of
the industries provided any information on the names and colors
of dyes being used by them due to their business secrets.