RAIN, RIVER, AND SEA WATER AS ALTERNATIVES TO GROUND WATER IN THE FABRIC COLORATION INDUSTRY

https://doi.org/10.18535/

Authors

  • Mohammad Mobarak Hossain Department of Textile Engineering, Jashore University of Science and Technology, Jashore 7408, Bangladesh
  • Alok K. Das Department of Chemistry, University of Memphis, Tennessee 38152, United States
  • Ummay Habiba Department of Textile Engineering and Management, BGMEA University of Fashion and Technology, Dhaka 1230, Bangladesh
  • Siam Sarower Jamil Department of Research and Development, Institute for Environment and Development, Dhaka 1207, , Bangladesh
  • Md Nakibul Kawser Department of Textile Engineering and Management, BGMEA University of Fashion and Technology, Dhaka 1230, Bangladesh
  • Chanchal Kumar Kundu Department of Textile Engineering, Jashore University of Science and Technology, Jashore 7408, Bangladesh
  • Tarikul Islam Department of Textile Engineering, Jashore University of Science and Technology, Jashore 7408, Bangladesh
  • Waziha Farha Department of Textile Engineering, Bangladesh University of Business and Technology, Dhaka 1216, Bangladesh
  • Mohammad Majibur Rahman Department of Environmental Science, Jahangirnagar University, Dhaka 1342, Bangladesh
Vol. 13 No. 02 (2025)
Chemistry and Environmental Engineering
February 12, 2025

High consumption of water has resulted in a worldwide water disaster. The bulk of Bangladesh's textile industry is still not following the circular economy at the needed level. During the past two decades, as production and demand increased, so did the sector's usage of resources and energy to meet the objective of generating foreign currency, making it very difficult to achieve sustainable goals by 2030. This work investigates the possibilities of environmentally friendly alternative water sources in the coloration of cotton (cellulosic) and polyester (synthetic) fabrics. The standard recipe for three different shades % focused on their color fastness to rubbing, wash, and perspiration. When groundwater usage in the Bangladeshi industry is compared to accessible conventional water sources (sea, river, and rainwater), the results are satisfactory. Though cotton fabrics show very poor color fastness properties of 2-3 (in rating scale of 5) in most cases, polyester showed excellent results of 4-

  1. It has also been discovered that in all circumstances, the same formula generates around 40-60% of the same qualities as traditional coloration with no additional adjustments to the recipe. This investigation determined that industrial dyeing processes may be realistically transferred into different water mediums to reduce groundwater use and achieve responsible consumption and sustainable development goals (SDG 12).