PHYSICO-CHEMICAL AND BACTERIAL ANALYSIS OF TEXTILE EFFLUENTS FROM KANCHIPURAM, TAMILNADUR. KOWSALYA, K. SUJATHA, KARTHIKEYANSEKAR, DEEPA NAGARAJ AND SINDHU RAJESHAbstract Dyeing and printing of textile being a traditional industry of kanchipuram town, a good number of textile industries along with dyeing and printing clusters have come up in the area. An estimate shows that textiles account for 14% of Indiaâs industrial population and around 27% of its export earnings (Ministry of textiles, 2004). Textile effluent samples were collected for the period of 3 months at biweekly intervals. Analyses of Physico-chemical parameters like Total dissolved solids (mg/l), pH, chloride (mg/l), sulphate (mg/l), phosphate (mg/l) and chemical oxygen demand (mg/L) showed that they were not in confirmation with the prescribed limits of CPCB (1995). 16s rDNA amplification and nucleotide sequencing of the bacterial isolates from the textile effluent samples showed the presence of Halomonas sp of bacteria. |