posted on 2018-02-12, 15:08authored byS. Rajanani, E. Ravindranath, S.K. Sarkar, T. Ramasami
The tanning industry is one of the oldest and fastest
growing industries in South and South East Asia. There
are more than 3000 tanneries located in India with a
total processing capacity of 700,000 tones of hides and
skins per year. The wastewater discharge from these
tanneries is about 100,000 cubic meters per day. More
than 90% tanneries are in small and medium scale sector
with processing capacities of less than 2-3 tons of hides/
skins per day.
History
School
Architecture, Building and Civil Engineering
Research Unit
Water, Engineering and Development Centre (WEDC)
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WEDC Conference
Citation
RAJANANI, S. ... et al, 2002. Major integrated environmental system for relocation of 540 tanneries in Kolkata City - a biggest environmental project of its kind in Asia. IN: Reed, B. (ed). Sustainable environmental sanitation and water services: Proceedings of the 28th WEDC International Conference, Kolkata (Calcutta), India, 18-22 November 2002, 3p.p.
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