Dear Miriam, From 2012 till ...
Published by Bruno Peeters, managing director at Model Engineering
Dear Miriam,
From 2012 till 2014 (24 months) we (a British textile processing expert and myself) assessed a.o. the effluent treatment of 19 leading textile industries in Bangladesh for the IFC (World Bank Group) within the PaCT program. This included a WASH component for the workers and their family living close to these industries. We found that the best wastewater treatment results at the lowest costs are achieved by adding the domestic wastewater (after minimal pretreatment) to the industrial one. Clean treated wastewater for reuse can be achieved by advanced biological treatment at low cost. Also the common production and distribution of potable water is most cost-effective. In addition, small scale anaerobic digestion of organic solid waste can provide gas for cooking with the liquid digestate going to the common wastewater treatment.
Regards, Bruno