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Chemistry and Environmental Engineering
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Rain, River, and Sea Water as Alternatives to Ground Water in the Fabric Coloration Industry

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DOI: 10.18535/ijsrm/v13i02.c02· Pages: 240-256· Vol. 13, No. 02, (2025)· Published: February 12, 2025
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Abstract

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 sustainability 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. Compared with groundwater or conventional water sources by the Bangladeshi industry, the result is amazing for sea, river, and rainwater. Though cotton fabrics show very poor color fastness properties 2-3 in most cases, polyester showed excellent results 4-5. 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).

Keywords

WaterConsumptionFabricsColorationWater levelSustainabilityReductionBangladesh
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Mohammad Mobarak Hossain
Department of Textile Engineering, Jashore University of Science and Technology, Jashore 7408
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Alok K. Das
Department of Chemistry, University of Memphis, Tennessee 38152
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Ummay Habiba
Department of Textile Engineering and Management, BGMEA University of Fashion and Technology, Dhaka 1230
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Siam Sarower Jamil
Department of Research and Development, Institute for Environment and Development, Dhaka 1207,
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Md Nakibul Kawser
Department of Textile Engineering and Management, BGMEA University of Fashion and Technology, Dhaka 1230
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Chanchal Kumar Kundu
Department of Textile Engineering, Jashore University of Science and Technology, Jashore 7408
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Tarikul Islam
Department of Textile Engineering, Jashore University of Science and Technology, Jashore 7408
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Waziha Farha
Department of Textile Engineering, Bangladesh University of Business and Technology, Dhaka 1216
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Mohammad Majibur Rahman
Department of Environmental Science, Jahangirnagar University, Dhaka 1342
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