In this article we will discuss about the water intensive industries. Major Water Intensive Industries: (i) Tanneries: The various processes employed at tanneries are: (a) Soaking (b) Liming and removal of hair, (c) De-liming; (d) Bating (e) Pickling (f) Tanning (vegetable and chrome) and (g) Finishing (fat liquoring and dyeing). The quantity of waste-water let out from Indian tanneries works [...]
This article throws light upon the eleven parameters to be determined for the analysis of industrial effluents. The parameters are: 1. D. O. (Dissolved Oxygen) 2. Temperature 3. Odour 4. Turbidity 5. pH 6. Nonfiltrable (Suspended) Solids 7. Colour 8. Ammonia 9. Hardness 10. Humidity Meter 11. Velocity Meter. Parameter # 1. D. O. (Dissolved Oxygen): (I) Since the DO [...]
After reading this article you will learn about the application of diffusion climatology in the EIA of industries. According to B. Padmanabhamurty, environmental impact is defined as any change in the environment that is caused by an activity or a factor. The change may be physical, chemical, biological, social or economic. The environmental change may be caused directly or may [...]