Removal/ Recycle of inorganic and organic contaminants from industrial wastewaters and management of reuse of water by process integration Objective:

• Development Proof of Concept (POC) in the lab and implementation in the real industries of nearby industries in- situ by utilizing a set of mobile treatment and analysis laboratory

• Management of industrial effluents and fresh water by cluster of inter-related cleaner techniques/methods,

• Recovery of chemical valuable (selective and suitable pollutants) and recycling of fresh water resources in the otherwise toxic industrial estates.

• Application of existing cleaner methods for the treatment of water and waste water.

• Waste minimization and cleaner chemical and electro-chemical methods.

Scope:

Development of improvisation of existing methods for effective treatment methods (practically realistic) by cleaner approach.

• Organic pollutants (aliphatic pollutants, aromatics, dye stuff, etc)

• Inorganic anions (Phosphates, Sulphates, Nitrates, Silicates etc)

• Inorganic cations (heavy metal pollutants and metal ionic species, other toxic pollutants etc)

Industries being covered:

The above pollutants from the following industries will be covered.

• Paper and pulp industries

• Dye stuff effluents

• Textile industries

• Electroplating industries/ metal finishing

• Chemical industries

• Agro chemicals

• Food processing including pesticides, herbicides etc

• Effluents from Tanneries

• polymer manufacturing /process waste waters

• Pharmaceuticals and

• Other relevant problematic industries of importance

Current activity:

• Electrochemical oxidation of dye house effluent

• Electrochemical and photo degradation of refractory organic compound (p. c. phenol)

• Recovery of fresh water from plating wash waters

• Recovery of metals from low concentration wash waters/wastewaters

• Removal of VOCs by electro chemical methods

• Biodegradation of partially degraded refractory compound including dye house wastes

• Heavy metals uptake by plants/microbes from electroplatng industrial effluent

• Decontamination of heavy metals from lean solution by biosorption process

• Treatment of textile (dye house) effluent by bio-electrochemical method

• Biodegradation of toluene by oxidation method

• Decontamination of toxic sludge