Treatment of Textile Wastewater Using Sodium Alginate Beads

Abstract Textile is one of the important industry. Conversion of fiber to fabric takes place which involves many process and synthetic chemicals. The fabric is then dyed or printed, fabricated into clothes. The extraction of dyes from the wastewater industry becomes a worldwide issue. Water contamination due to industrial discharge is the big threat to the environment. Hence an attempt was made in this study to treat textile wastewater using natural anionic polysaccharide sodium alginate as adsorbing agent. The optimum condition was obtained by varying dosage, pH, flow rate and depth of beads for varying contact time. For optimum conditions, the textile wastewater was analyzed. Results showed 32%, 56% and 75% removal of sulphates, alkalinity and nitrates respectively. Hence sodium alginate proved efficient in treatment of textile wastewater.