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Desizing Bleaching Mercerizing Dyeing Printing
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Observed raw wastewater Published study samples, not national design ranges.
Sample / location pH COD BOD5 TSS TDS Effluent 1 · Kamal Textile IndustryFaisalabad, Punjab 6.94 287 No value reported 376 1923 Effluent 2 · Arzo Textile Dying and Printing IndustryFaisalabad, Punjab 6.86 189 No value reported 119 1834
mg/L except pH. Sampling: Sampling date not reported. Publication year: 2015.
Table-listed values; laboratory experiments in triplicate; field sample count not reported
Removal of COD from real textile effluents using agro-industrial wastes Original source table: Effluent 1 · Kamal Textile Industry; pH = 6.94
Original source table: Effluent 1 · Kamal Textile Industry; COD = 287
Original source table: Effluent 1 · Kamal Textile Industry; TDS = 1923
Original source table: Effluent 1 · Kamal Textile Industry; TSS = 376
Original source table: Effluent 2 · Arzo Textile Dying and Printing Industry; pH = 6.86
Original source table: Effluent 2 · Arzo Textile Dying and Printing Industry; COD = 189
Original source table: Effluent 2 · Arzo Textile Dying and Printing Industry; TDS = 1834
Original source table: Effluent 2 · Arzo Textile Dying and Printing Industry; TSS = 119
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Published standards reference Punjab PEQS 2016 Municipal and liquid industrial effluents; Punjab provincial reference, not a national textile-specific table.
Parameter Inland waters Sewage treatment system BOD5 ≤ 80 mg/L ≤ 250 mg/L COD ≤ 150 mg/L ≤ 400 mg/L Oil and grease ≤ 10 mg/L ≤ 10 mg/L TDS ≤ 3500 mg/L ≤ 3500 mg/L TSS ≤ 200 mg/L ≤ 400 mg/L pH 6–9 6–9
Sewage values apply only where treatment operates and treated BOD5 is at most 80 mg/L.
BOD/COD assume receiver dilution at least 1:10; EPA may set stricter limits below that ratio. Dilution before discharge is prohibited.
Gazette publication date: 2016-08-15. Effective-date clause not specified in the inspected text.
Published reference values; confirm your local permit and discharge route.
Punjab Gazette 2016: Environmental Quality Standards for Municipal and Liquid Industrial Effluents Original Punjab Gazette scan, pp1192–1194; UNIDO PDF pp88–90; No.SO(G)/EPD/7-26/2013 dated 05.08.2016
Read original source ↗ Reported results, Ozonation–Fenton treatment in an optimised laboratory experiment on real textile dyeing effluent.
Shared global literature. These results are not local full-scale performance guarantees.
Parameter Reported value Conditions Colour removal 89.17 % RSM-optimised ozonation-Fenton on real textile dyeing effluent (lab) COD removal 82.52 % Same experiment as colour removal
COD and color removal from real textile dyeing effluent using ... …optimum RSM-predicted color and COD removal efficiencies of 89.17%, and 82.52%…
Same experiment: COD removal 82.52%
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D-043 · Food processing, East China · Cross-industry engineering reference DAF + A/O + MBR, 500 m³/day design flow. These are design values from a food-processing project in East China.
Parameter Reported value Conditions Design influent COD 2500–3500 mg/L Design basis, avg ~3,000 Design effluent COD target ≤ 100 mg/L
Food-Processing Plant 500 m³/day DAF+MBR Wastewater Treatment — Engineering Record (Delivered) COD 2,500–3,500 mg/L (avg ~3,000) — design basis table
COD ≤ 100 mg/L — design effluent target
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Which local textile wastewater samples are documented? The source study reports before-treatment values from two textile factories in Faisalabad. Sampling date was not reported; the study was published in 2015. These observations are not national design ranges.
Which discharge standard is shown? The page shows Punjab PEQS 2016 published reference values for inland waters and sewage treatment systems. The sewage route has additional operating-treatment conditions. Confirm your permit and jurisdiction before design; an exact commencement date was not specified in the inspected text.
Can these sample values determine my equipment size? No. Published samples establish context, not your site design basis. Provide actual flow, measured influent, operating variability and the applicable discharge or reuse target.
Library snapshot 2026-10-13 · Research release 20261014T184750-fff2d02345ed
Process relationships and sources Desizing is a wet-processing step of textile manufacturing Per peer-reviewed review of textile wet processes
Textile dye wastewater characteristics and constituents of synthetic effluents: a critical Same wet-process list: "…sizing, de-sizing, sourcing [scouring], bleaching, mercerising, dyeing, printing…"
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Bleaching is a wet-processing step of textile manufacturing Per peer-reviewed review of textile wet processes
Textile dye wastewater characteristics and constituents of synthetic effluents: a critical Same wet-process list
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Mercerizing is a wet-processing step of textile manufacturing Per peer-reviewed review of textile wet processes
Textile dye wastewater characteristics and constituents of synthetic effluents: a critical Same wet-process list
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Dyeing is a wet-processing step of textile manufacturing Per peer-reviewed review of textile wet processes
Textile dye wastewater characteristics and constituents of synthetic effluents: a critical This process consists of sizing, de-sizing, sourcing [sic — scouring], bleaching, mercerising, dyeing, printing and …
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Printing is a wet-processing step of textile manufacturing Per peer-reviewed review of textile wet processes
Textile dye wastewater characteristics and constituents of synthetic effluents: a critical Same wet-process list
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Dyeing effluent carries residual dyestuff and visible colour Reactive dyes; qualitative — no numeric range attached (raw-effluent range source not yet bound)
Advances in Physicochemical and Biological Treatment of Textile Wastewater: An Applied Rev Effluents from washing, bleaching, and dyeing contain dyes, heavy metals, surfactants, and other toxic compounds…
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The development of techniques for the analysis of reactive dyes in textile dyeing wastewat Study develops analysis techniques for reactive dyes in textile dyeing wastewater
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Dyeing effluent carries high COD load Presence supported by treatment studies on real dyeing effluent; no numeric range attached
COD and color removal from real textile dyeing effluent using ... Study treats COD and color in real textile dyeing effluent (title & optimisation abstract)
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Advanced oxidation removes colour and COD from dyeing effluent Lab-optimised ozonation-Fenton on real dyeing effluent: colour 89.2%, COD 82.5% (see attached facts)
COD and color removal from real textile dyeing effluent using ... The optimum RSM-predicted color and COD removal efficiencies of 89.17%, and 82.52%, respectively, were obtained at an ozone concentration of 70 mgL−1, Fe2+ concentration of 1748 mgL−1…
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Advances in Physicochemical and Biological Treatment of Textile Wastewater: An Applied Rev Review covers electrochemical AOPs among textile treatment methods
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Advanced oxidation reduces COD in dyeing effluent Same study as colour removal
COD and color removal from real textile dyeing effluent using ... Same experiment as colour removal (82.52% COD removal)
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