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Closed Industrial Water Cycles, Celine Bellec
Closed Industrial Water Cycles, Celine Bellec
Theses
Due to this decade of rapid growth, Ireland has to face difficulties created by an increase use of water as well as a decreasing water quality due to sewage discharges, agriculture and industries.
The awareness of the danger to the environment, resulting from the over extraction and stricter discharge regulations, has caused the cost of freshwater and wastewater treatment to rise. Therefore there is a growing interest in the manufacturing industries to reduce both freshwater consumption and wastewater production by improving the efficiency of their processes.
Three industrial sectors were studied following the same methodology: the pharmaceutical sector, the textiles …