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Take action! Wastewater training, resources, and partners to help on the road to cleaner water.
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Textile, Apparel, and Footwear Certification
Source: Intertek Available certification solutions for textiles, apparel, and footwear.
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Textile Industry Wastewater Discharge Quality Standards
Source: Zero Discharge of Hazardous Chemicals Programme (ZDHC) A literature review of the textile industry wastewater discharge quality standards.
Sustainable Wet Processing—An Alternative Source for Detoxifying Supply Chain in Textiles
This chapter discusses the sustainable wet processing techniques and their environmental impacts in the textile industries.
stEp Factsheet
Source: OEKO-TEX STeP stands for Sustainable Textile Production and is a certification system for environmentally friendly and socially responsible production facilities along the textile chain.
Special regulation of wastewater
Source: EcoLex Document in Spanish oulining terms of the 2000 Salvadorian special regulation on wastewater.
South Africa Water Services Act 1997
Source: UNESCO An Act to provide for access to basic water supply and sanitation, and set national standards, norms, tariffs.
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Smart Water Grid Market Size Worth USD 10.27 Billion By 2025: Hexa Research
Source: PR. Newswire This news article discusses the growth of the global smart water grid market.
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Regulations on Water Quality, Control of Discharges and Protection Zones
Document in Spanish outlining the terms of the 1987 Salvadorian regulation on water quality.
Regulation of the Minister of the Environment about Raw Wastewater Quality
Source: Global-Regulation Indonesian law enacted in 2010 regarding the quality of the raw wastewater for businesses and/or oil, gas, and geothermal activities.
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Public Health Act, B.E. 2535
Source: Thai Laws Governemental document outlining the revisions to the law on public health and the law on the control of use of fecal matter as fertilizer.
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ZDHC Programme and Tools
The ZDHC Programme has identified four key areas and two cross-cutting areas which are critical towards eliminating hazardous chemicals from the global textile, leather and footwear industries.
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Philippine Regulations on Sanitation and Wastewater Systems
A compilation of Philippine regulations on sanitation and wastewater systems.
Programs, trainings, and other sessions around wastewater.
The Sustainability Consortium (TSC) is a
global organization leading the transformation
of the consumer goods industry to deliver more
sustainable consumer products. TSC convenes
diverse stakeholders and members to build
science-based decision tools and solutions that
address sustainability issues.