| Abstract: | The demand for clean water for industry and for domestic supply is increasing yearly. Many readily accessible supplies are fuh'y exploited and water authorities are now having to consider hitherto-polluted rivers as possible sources for future demand. To meet the demand for clean water and for cleaner rivers which receive the waste from the consumers, a massive amount of expenditure will be required from central and local government and from industry for new water-treatment plants. The legislation covering river pollution and waste-water disposal in Scotland is described, and the particular problem of effluents from the textile industry is discussed. Many workers have demonstrated that waste water from the textile industry can be treated using conventional biological treatment and other techniques and be purified sufficiently to meet the standards imposed by the local authority for discharge into the sewerage system, or by the river purification board for discharge into the rivers or the sea. |
