The textile finishing industry is known as a very fragmented and heterogeneous industrial sector
dominated mainly by small and medium enterprises (SMEs). As with many other industrial sectors in
Europe, it is obliged to act more sustainably in regard to increasingly limited natural resources such as
water. This paper presents in-depth survey of wastewater reuse programmes over the last ten years
covering the European textile finishing industry. Different wastewater treatment solutions developed are
presented and discussed. Special attention is given to the project AquaFit4Use (7th Framework Programme),
where almost five years of project work has resulted in valuable know-how practices in water
reuse for the most water consuming sectors in Europe i.e. paper, food, chemical and textile. Only the
latter is discussed in this paper. The main negative impacts by the textile finishing sector on the environment
are still related to intensive water consumption and wastewater discharge, characterised by
greater amounts of organic chemicals and colouring agents, low biodegradability, and high salinity. End
of pipe treatment of such complex effluents in order to produce reusable water is not feasible. Therefore,
separation of waste effluents regarding their pollution level and their separate treatment was the basic
approach used in the project. As a result waste effluents with a big reuse potential could be effectively
treated by combination of conventional treatment technologies. Proposed water treatment scenarios
enable more than 40% reduction in fresh water consumption. Since different guidelines of minimum
water quality to be safely reuse in textile processes exist at this stage this issue is discussed as well
The textile finishing industry is known as a very fragmented and heterogeneous industrial sectordominated mainly by small and medium enterprises (SMEs). As with many other industrial sectors inEurope, it is obliged to act more sustainably in regard to increasingly limited natural resources such aswater. This paper presents in-depth survey of wastewater reuse programmes over the last ten yearscovering the European textile finishing industry. Different wastewater treatment solutions developed arepresented and discussed. Special attention is given to the project AquaFit4Use (7th Framework Programme),where almost five years of project work has resulted in valuable know-how practices in waterreuse for the most water consuming sectors in Europe i.e. paper, food, chemical and textile. Only thelatter is discussed in this paper. The main negative impacts by the textile finishing sector on the environmentare still related to intensive water consumption and wastewater discharge, characterised bygreater amounts of organic chemicals and colouring agents, low biodegradability, and high salinity. Endof pipe treatment of such complex effluents in order to produce reusable water is not feasible. Therefore,separation of waste effluents regarding their pollution level and their separate treatment was the basicapproach used in the project. As a result waste effluents with a big reuse potential could be effectivelytreated by combination of conventional treatment technologies. Proposed water treatment scenariosenable more than 40% reduction in fresh water consumption. Since different guidelines of minimumwater quality to be safely reuse in textile processes exist at this stage this issue is discussed as well
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