This article throws light upon the designing and treatment of fourteen main industrial effluents. Some of the industrial effluents are: 1. Electroplating Industry 2. Steel Industry 3. Cane Sugar Industry 4. Paper Industry 5. Pesticides 6. Treatment of Tannery Waste Waters by Stabilisation Pond Method 7. Cyanide Removal: A Case Study of Operational Experience and a few others. Treatment of [...]
After reading this article you will learn about:- 1. Introduction to Effective Environmental Auditing 2. Designing and Implementing Audit Programmes 3. Management Commitment 3. Reporting of Audit Findings and Audit Follow-Up 4. Future Trends. Introduction to Effective Environmental Auditing: Environmental Auditing is a feature of good environmental management practice throughout much of the petroleum industry. Indeed, the petroleum industry, along [...]
This article throws light upon the top five instrumental techniques used for monitoring industrial pollutants. The techniques are: 1. Atomic Absorption Spectroscopy 2. Nephelometry and Turbidimetry 3. Gas Chromatography 4. Polarography 5. Voltammetry and Chronopotentiometry. Instrumental Technique # 1. Atomic Absorption Spectroscopy: This technique was invented by Alan Walsh in 1950's for the qualitative determination of trace metals in liquids. [...]