Project Completion Seminar on Wastewater Treatment and Reuse to Approach Zero Water Discharge at Al-Rahim Textile Industries
U.S.-Pakistan Center for Advanced Studies in Water at Mehran University of Engineering & Technology Jamshoro held the Project Completion Seminar on “Wastewater Treatment and Reuse To Approach Zero Water Discharge at Al-Rahim Textile Industries” on Wednesday, 18th September 2019, Presented by Dr. Tanveer Ahmed Project Principal Investigator (PI), Prof. Dr. Rasool Bux Mahar Co-Principal Investigator (Co-PI)& Deputy Director at USPCASW, along with the participation of Prof. Dr. Bakhshal Khan Lashari Project Director at USPCASW, Prof. Dr. Kazi Suleman Memon Manager Research at USPCASW,Mr. Asif Bukhari, Mr. Raheel Tabbani Industrial Partner and Director Al-Rahim Textile Industry Pvt. Ltd., Dr. Imran Ali, Assistant Professor SMI University andEx. Manager Utilities, Yunus Textile Mills, as well as various stakeholders from textile industries, faculty members and students.Welcome by Prof. Dr. Bakhshal Khan Lashari
Dr. Lashari welcomed the seminar participants and guests from industries. In addition, briefed about the vision of USPCAS-W towards applied and need based research with Industry-Academia collaboration. He further added that students should approach industries to design their research as per industry need and required solutions. In addition, he also emphasize the role of industrial stakeholders for allowing the researchers and students from academia and further facilitation through required technical and financial assistance.
Presentation by Dr. Tanveer Ahmed&Prof. Dr. Rasool BuxMahar
Project PI Dr. Tanveer Ahmed briefed about the project objectives and followed activities at Al-Rahim textile industries and USPCAS-W for successful execution of the planned objectives. He further discussed about the challenges faced by Pakistan Textile Industries in managing the water consumption and treatment of the generated wastewater. Moreover, he added that with the help of completed project various developments are made at Al-Rahim textile industries including: Adjustment of Water Consumption as per Textile process requirement, identification and adoption of on-site water reuse and water conservation through processes modification and water related maintenance.
Prof. Dr. Rasool Bux Mahar described the development of treatment techniques that were implemented at Al-Rahim Textile Industries in order to extensively treat the generated wastewater and 60% recovery of reclaimed water through RO membrane operations. He further highlighted the design and operating conditions that were explored developed and validated at the industry with the execution of the project. He concluded that with the help of completed project one new technique is indigenously developed for the cost effective treatment of RO Reject water/Brine. Welcome by Prof. Dr. Bakhshal Khan Lashari
Dr. Lashari welcomed the seminar participants and guests from industries. In addition, briefed about the vision of USPCAS-W towards applied and need based research with Industry-Academia collaboration. He further added that students should approach industries to design their research as per industry need and required solutions. In addition, he also emphasize the role of industrial stakeholders for allowing the researchers and students from academia and further facilitation through required technical and financial assistance.
Presentation by Dr. Tanveer Ahmed&Prof. Dr. Rasool BuxMahar
Project PI Dr. Tanveer Ahmed briefed about the project objectives and followed activities at Al-Rahim textile industries and USPCAS-W for successful execution of the planned objectives. He further discussed about the challenges faced by Pakistan Textile Industries in managing the water consumption and treatment of the generated wastewater. Moreover, he added that with the help of completed project various developments are made at Al-Rahim textile industries including: Adjustment of Water Consumption as per Textile process requirement, identification and adoption of on-site water reuse and water conservation through processes modification and water related maintenance.
Prof. Dr. Rasool Bux Mahar described the development of treatment techniques that were implemented at Al-Rahim Textile Industries in order to extensively treat the generated wastewater and 60% recovery of reclaimed water through RO membrane operations. He further highlighted the design and operating conditions that were explored developed and validated at the industry with the execution of the project. He concluded that with the help of completed project one new technique is indigenously developed for the cost effective treatment of RO Reject water/Brine.
