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'Zero discharge' for textile units in Haryana

The Haryana State Pollution Control Board (HSPCB) has taken a strong stand to safeguard the Yamuna from pollutants. The Board has made it compulsory for all textile industries to treat and recycle discharged water to stop any pollutants from flowing into the river. It has also directed the industries to turn into a ‘zero discharge unit’. A ‘zero discharge unit’ is one, which does not discharge any amount of liquid effluent; this includes the treated effluent.

The textile units have been given 16 months, until December 2016 to put the infrastructure in place. These units, release over 25KLD (kilo litres of water per day). Now, the Board has directed them to install an ETP (effluents treatment plant), as well as a reverse osmosis (RO) plant to reuse the discharged water.

A lot of water is used by textile industries for washing and dyeing, which is one of the main contributors of pollution in Yamuna, as per the Board. The amount of water used by each unit depends on its size and scale. Yet, a medium to large-scale textile unit discharges 1 to 1.5 lakh litres of water each day, on an average. This water flows into the Yamuna River through the Najafgarh drain. It also affects the quality of groundwater in the region.

But, as president of the Udyog Vihar Industrial Association, Animesh Saxena, says ‘zero discharge’ was not possible as there is no technology available in India to put in place a zero discharge from textile manufacturing units in India.

 
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