Textiles industrial water footprint: Methodology and study

Journal of Scientific and Industrial Research

Volumn 72, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 710-715

  Wang, Laili ^a   Ding, Xuemei ^a   Wu, Xiongying ^b   Yu, Jianming ^c  

^a DONGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SHANGHAI ENTRY EXIT INSPECTION AND QUARANTINE BUREAU   (China)

^c Fountain Set (Holdings) Ltd   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Industrial water footprint; Knitted fabrics; Wastewater emissions

Indexed keywords

BLEACHING; CHEMICAL POLLUTANT; DYE; FIELD SURVEY; INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; TEXTILE INDUSTRY; WASTEWATER; WATER FOOTPRINT; WATER MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84886649351     PISSN: 00224456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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