Treatment of Water Effluents Using Silver Nanoparticles

Water pollution is an environmental issue which is gaining global attention in the recent years. The major source of water pollution are the effluents from textile dyeing and finishing industries. Because of drastic changes in customer’s demands, the textile industry is a challenge to use high quantity of dyes and auxiliaries that are necessary for modern textile processing. The used water contains various constituents such as dyes and chemicals which are directly released into the sources of water which gets contaminated and thus resulting in water pollution. The discharge of untreated waste into the water bodies has raised much concern because of potential health hazards associated with the entry of toxic components into the food chains of humans and animals. In our day to day demand for potable water is increasing, which is placing an increasing burden on nature’s availability of water resource, has forced for new and efficient methods for water treatment.