Process based assessment of wastewater quality and rinse water reuse potential in denim finishing: a scalable framework for circular water management
Raghda Hamdi, Najah Mahjoubi · 2026
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Raghda Hamdi and Najah Mahjoubi map water use in denim finishing in a 2026 study of circular water management. Denim production drinks fresh water and sends much of it back polluted, so the authors assessed wastewater quality stage by stage to find where rinse water could be reused.
They built a stage-specific water quality index across six finishing stages and located the worst pollution hotspots. Water quality improved sharply after rinsing, with index drops reaching about seventy percent at some stages. A stepwise plan that cascades rinse water from cleaner stages to dirtier ones could cut freshwater use by nearly two-thirds.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Raghda Hamdi, Najah Mahjoubi |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 55 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |