SA Waterbulletin January 1983

Abstract

This special edition of SA Waterbulletin reviews specific problems faced by the wool and cotton textile industry, and the research sponsored jointly by the Water Research Commission and industry which has solved some major problems and has developed the technology which is now available to the six hundredodd wool and cotton textile factories in the Republic of South Africa. On these pages some of the processes are discussed in sufficient detail to satisfy the technically-minded, and the screened boxes contain pointers to management of the advantages of the processes which will accrue to the manufacturer in terms of water savings and the recovery of chemicals and energy and reductions in cost of effluent discharge to municipal sewers. Introduction The Republic is a water-scarce country. This is evident from the country's water balance which shows that the maximum available resources per annum amount to 34,4 milliard (10) cubic metres.

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