CHALLENGES IN TANNERY WASTEWATER MANAGEMENT AT KANPUR - AN EXPERIENCE

摘要

Wastewater is generated from domestic and industrial liquid wastes. Domestic wastewater, i.e. sewage has mostly organic impurities which are biodegradable and can easily be treated. Industrial wastewater has organic as well as inorganic impurities treatment for which becomes complicated. If industrial wastewater is generated from leather industries, it is called tannery wastewater. There are several challenges in tannery wastewater management at Kanpur because the tanneries located in the Jajmau area of Kanpur City on the south bank of river Ganga are the major contributors of industrial waste being discharged into the river Ganga. Author in this paper, has tried to examine the several challenges and their remedies and emphasized that if the tannery wastewater is properly managed, 75% problem ofpollution of the river Ganga at Kanpur can be controlled. There is a significant role of tannery owners themselves to follow the principle of reduction of pollution at source and by following this principle their negative image can also be wiped out.