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Removal of Residual Surfactants from Laundry Wastewater: A Review

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Pages 1526-1534 | Received 20 Nov 2012, Accepted 20 Nov 2012, Published online: 23 Oct 2013
 

Abstract

Global demand for surfactants is increasing for domestic as well as industrial applications due to population growth. Laundry is the major consumer of the surfactants throughout the world. A huge quantity of wastewater is generated in laundry application, which is mainly contaminated with residual surfactants. Therefore, alleviation of quality of laundry-treated water has become important due to stringent environmental regulations. Researchers have done tremendous work to suggest various techno-economic feasible methods/techniques/processes for the removal of surfactants from laundry-treated water. The present article is an effort to review various methods suggested by the researchers for removal of surfactants from the laundry-treated water.

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