Optimizing water use efficiency in water treatment plant

Water-use systems impact nearly all plant operations either directly or indirectly. The need for optimization emanates from high water use demands, water utility cost or strict environmental regulations. 

Industrial water demand may increase for reasons such as strict product specification requiring more washing , new or improved units requiring more water or most commonly failing equipments such as leaking heat exchangers and clogged tubes can lead to more water needs( cooling for eg.).As the demand for water increases the cost of water use increases proportionally. 

Here are some solutions that could be applied;

How to use banana peel to purify water

Recent study be a team of scientists from Brazil demonstrated the possibility of using banana peels to treat water contaminated by copper, lead and other heavy metal ions.Other natural waste materials such as sugar cane bagasse (the fibrous material left over after sugar cane has been crushed), peanut shells and apple waste could also be used as alternative materials in the treatment process. The principle is based on the affinity of the banana  contents towards retaining heavy metal ions.

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Banana Peel Applied to the Solid Phase Extraction of Copper and Lead from River Water

Environmentally responsible dye application in textile

Environmentally responsible dye application involves the principles of pollution prevention that were developed and promulgated in the early 1990s with the hierarchy of ‘reduce, reuse, recycle’

Successful dyeing depends on achieving the following as efficient as possible.

1. The correct shade
2. Level dyeing
3. Fastness

Issues of environmental responsibility are thus encountered in trying to achieve each of the basic requirements of shade, fastness, levelness and efficiency. Holding fewer dyes in stock may be more efficient, and selecting dyes that are considered more environmentally benign might be environmentally responsible, but reduced dye choice may make a level, fast or non-metameric match harder to achieve. The efficient use of