Author : Md Aquil Ahmad, Dipul Chawla, Gourav Tiwari, Halima Begum Mohd. Ali and Gauhar Mehmood

The paper focuses on the challenges/impacts of chromium in effluents discharged from industries and evaluates the alternative treatment options used to treat, recover or recycle chromium from the waste water. Moreover, utilization of water and its minimization is analysed keeping in consideration different norms and regulations. The study has been conducted on Shriram Pistons and Rings Ltd., Ghaziabad. The study includes various processes involved in manufacturing of pistons and rings, the effluents coming out from processes and the treatment methods undertaken for the reduction of harmful wastes in the discharge. Also, the amount of water utilized is measured in the whole treatment process with the aid of the pre-installed instruments in the industry.

Keywords: Sustainable, water utilization, effluent treatment, rings and pistons manufacturing

Article published in International Journal of Current Engineering and Technology, Vol.5, No.5 (Oct-2015)