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GIATEX

Intelligent Water Management in the Textile and Clothing Industry

GIATEX Project aims to respond to the challenges faced by textile ennoblement companies in terms of intensive water consumption. Thus, it is intended to develop a set of tools that allow companies to reduce specific consumption of water (using less intensive ennoblement technologies and adoption of treatment technologies that allow water reuse), and support decision-making on water final destination (through integration of process monitoring and control systems and a new tool to support water management).

Website: GIATEX

Main Goals/Activities

The main goals and activities of the project are:

study and characterization of wet processes;
R&D in intelligent process monitoring systems;
R&D in ennobling technologies with lower water consumption;
R&D in wastewater treatment technologies resulting from the textile ennobling process;

implementation of technologies developed in pilot units;
development of a decision-support IT tool for water management.

CeNTI has a strong participation on the development of real-time detection and monitoring systems of different water quality parameters, and installation of a pilot unit at textile companies.