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Complete Solution for Coloured Textile Effluent: A Closed-
Loop Approach for Wastewater Treatment (Reclamation) and Reuse
Ms. Nippatlapalli Narasamma*
Email: nippatla99@gmail.com
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Iremember my childhood days starting with the hustle and bustle of people for fetching water from the municipal supply, which used
to come for an hour every early morning. I only remembered that there used to be a day when my mother would ask my siblings and me to use minimum water. Many times, our day began by walking several miles to fetch water from a hand pump. Water is the necessity for life, but despite its value, it remains ignored and taken for granted. Being a child, the term ‘water scarcity’ was unknown to me. I completely realized the importance of water when I entered into my hostel life. My hostel life began in a small town of Srisailam (Andhra Pradesh) to Tirupati (Andhra Pradesh), and currently on-going in a metropolitan city, Chennai (Tamil Nadu). One common thing I
have noticed everywhere that the supply of water is not sufficient to meet the demand of every individual. Sometimes, I go back and realize how time has eventually changed. Our ancestors used to get water for free and now we need to pay INR 30 for a litre of water. Fortunately, my choice of education in the Department of Civil Engineering has given me immense exposure towards the demand and utilization of water through many courses (such as Irrigation Engineering, Hydrology, Environmental Engineering) being taught during my engineering programme. Water shortage is plaguing the world, and today, it has become one of the largest threats for our society. This made me choose wastewater treatment as my topic for my Master’s thesis.
* Ms. Nippatlapalli Narasamma, PhD Scholar from Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, is pursuing her research on “Industrial Wastewater Treatment using Electrochemical and Hybrid Treatment Techniques”. Her popular science story entitled “Complete Solution for Coloured Textile Effluent: a Closed Loop Approach for Wastewater Treatment (Reclamation) and Reuse” has been selected for AWSAR Award.