Water Management in textile industry: Impurities and water softening

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Water management is the movement of water resources and controlling them for reducing the damage to property and life. Another purpose of water management is to maximize efficient beneficial use. In the textile industry, water management is the procedure of planning, developing, and distributing as well as management of proper water resource usage. Waste water treatment is the sub-set of water cycle management. 

In the textile industry, water is used in addition to many chemicals and hard particles. This brings many impurities into the water which are then sent to the water resources after being used. The main chemicals that are added to water are carbonate, sulfate, chloride, bicarbonate, potassium, calcium, and iron. These impurities are mixed in water which pollutes this natural and tremendously evitable source.

Impurities in Water

There are several types of impurities in water. These are briefly described below

1. Physical Impurities – The physical contaminants added to water affect the physical properties of water. The main examples of physical contaminants in water are organic material, and sediments and these affect the taste, color, odor, and conductivity of water.

2. Chemical Impurities – Chemical impurities get into the water when different chemicals and gases are mixed in water. For example, CO2, O2, NH3, pH, minerals, and other ions.

3. Biological Impurities – Bacteria, viruses, dissolved solids, industrial wastes, and chlorine are the main biological impurities in water. The detrimental effect they have on the water is tremendous. Reverse osmosis water treatment is the most effective solution for removing contaminants from water.

Water Hardness and Its Types

As a lot of materials are dissolved in water, water hardness is particularly the amount of dissolved magnesium and calcium in the water. Even in the textile industry, hard water can’t be used. So, it has to be softened before using it in clothing making. 

Types of hard water

1. Permanent hardness – When nitrate and sulfate salts of magnesium and calcium are present in water, then it is called permanent hardness. Boiling is not sufficient for removing this kind of hardness.

2. Temporary hardness – When water contains carbonate or bicarbonate salts of magnesium and calcium in the water, then it is termed temporary hard water. The name- temporary hardness; shows that this hardness goes by just boiling the water.

Water Softening

The process of removing hardness – causing ions from water is called water softening. Mostly, iron ions, calcium, and magnesium ions can be removed with the process. Ion-exchange is one of the most conventional water softening techniques where hardness ions change their places with chloride and sodium bounded with an ion-exchange zeolite and resin. There are many more water chemicals that can be treated with the process of water softening. Types of water softeners are mentioned below-

1. Non-Ionic Softeners – Non-ionic softeners include ethoxylated products, paraffin, polyglycol, and fats. These are less efficient as compared to cationic, and anionic softening agents. But non-ionic softeners stay stable in presence of anions, and cations and withstand the effects of a basic or acidic environment and hard water.

2. Anionic Softeners – Anionic softeners are generated by the condensation of fatty acids. Anionic softeners have good characteristics similar to that of lubricating softening agents. These softeners are not able to stand in water and acidic environments. 

3. Cationic Softeners – Cationic softeners are amino-esters, ammonium salts, and amino amides. These softeners are suggested for all forms of fibers. The exhaustion process is used to apply these softeners in an acid environment where the pH value is between 4 to 5.

Purification and Recycling of Waste Water

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If there is no water, there will be absolutely no life on earth!

Fortunately, we have been blessed with plenty of water, the most precious gift given to us by God.

Nature has given us too much water that we had failed to appreciate or understand the real value of this precious gift.

Water is one of the most precious gifts ever created by God for humans to live on earth.

Unfortunately, we humans waste so much water in our daily life that sometimes Mother Nature would punish us by unleashing her fury in the form of natural disasters like floods, cloud burst, or even acute famine.

So let us ask ourselves a few vital questions. What is waste water? Why do we waste so much of water? How can we stop wasting and start saving water?

To answer the first question, waste water is the excess amount of water that we could have easily avoided wasting. For example, a normal person needs not more than twenty or thirty litres of water to take a normal bath. On the contrary, if he uses 40 or 50 litres of water in his shower, then he is using water twice more than what is really needed. This excess amount of water could have been saved.

So if one person is wasting about 30 litres of water on a daily basis, imagine a small family of three or four persons taking shower even once a day! They would have wasted at least 150 litres of water per day, if you do the math.

Taking shower is only one aspect of our life. What about the dozens of wasteful things we indulge in our life that one would die of heart attack, if he comes to realize the gravity of impending water crisis in our life. Observers predict that future wars will be fought over water, the “next oil”.

So how can A3 Techno Crafts help us save water and avoid the ‘next war?’

Well, purification and recycling of waste water is an expertise that A3 Techno Crafts have been grinding their nose for decades. Using latest state-of-the-art waste water purification technology, we can re-imagine a brave new world, where we all can lead a holistic life in perfect harmony with nature.

At A3, we are engaged in manufacturing and supply of a wide range of Water Treatment Plants, Sewage Treatment Plants, and Effluent Treatment Plants. Apart from these, we also offer complete turnkey solutions to our clients. Our entire range of plants and services are used in pharmaceutical, chemical, and food processing industry all over the world.

We have a team of professionals who have immense expertise in handling the complex treatment process. We have an excellent infrastructure to design, engineer, manufacture, carry out erection and commissioning of complete range of water treatment plant and systems to suit various requirements.

Our water purification technology is at par with international standards. And we are well-equipped to handle any challenges in the field of purification, recycling and conservation of water for the benefit of mankind. To send your query to us Click Here

Water is the Elixir of Life

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Though succinctly put, that Russian proverb says a lot about water. Doesn’t it?

Water is indispensable. And it is sacred and precious. Without water, there would be literally no ‘life’ on earth. That’s why water is called the Elixir of Life! Without water, we all would have died long ago.

Interestingly, human body consists of 70 per cent water and 30 per cent other substances. So it is paramountly important that the water we drink everyday should be clean and free from all kinds of harmful bacteria and other contaminants.

Unfortunately, that is not the case. The water we drink today is highly polluted and has become unfit for human consumption. It wouldn’t be an exaggeration if we were to say our body itself is polluted with contaminated water. The reason for this sorry state of affair is very clear.

Our insatiable greed for wealth and other luxuries in life have led to many disasters. Everyday tonnes of highly toxic industrial wastes, effluents, and other hazardous materials are released into rivers, lakes and other water bodies in our cities and towns.

The water we drink is contaminated; the air that we breath is highly polluted; and the fruits and vegetables that we eat are grown from indiscriminate use of harmful pesticides and chemicals. On top of that we are exposed to contaminated drinking water.

Unfortunately, this maxim that “water is the elixir of life” doesn’t hold water. Not anymore. Indiscriminate use of fossil fuels, and irresponsible release of hazardous industrial wastes and effluents into our rivers and water bodies have turned water – the Spring of Life – into a health hazard.

The idyllic days of living in harmony with Nature are long gone. Our simple and holistic way of life has irreversibly been taken over by our materialistic greed for modern luxuries of life.

OK! What does this have anything to do with A3 Techno Crafts Pvt Ltd? Yes, a lot! In fact, a lot more.

As a leader in water purification and management experts in treatment of industrial wastes and effluents, we offer a wide range of state-of-the-art technologies. From industrial waste management and treatment of solid wastes and effluents to purification and conservation of water, the God-given gift to humans and all other forms of life on Mother Earth. We are in mission mode: to restore our dwindling natural resources back to its pristine health.

Our decades-long expertise in water treatment and purification has enabled us to turn that dream into reality. To send your query to us Click Here