Bangladesh Water PaCT

Partnership for Cleaner Textile

Program Overview

Textile Sector Overview

Bangladeshs key sector is a major contributor to water availability and pollution issues
Key features of Textile Sector
Sector includes 1,700 garment washing, dyeing and
finishing units, in and around the Dhaka metropolis, and
impacts the lives of 12 million + inhabitants

Estimated to be a $17.9 billion

industry, textiles accounts for
30% of Bangladeshs industrial
sector GDP
Textile industry employs 3.6
million people of whom 85% are
women

Textile and garments

industry accounts for
~80% of export earnings

Sector consumes 1,500 billion liters of groundwater

annually for a total production of 5 million tons of fabric
(300 liters per kg fabric)

Factory
concentration

Water
consumption

Economic
relevance

Export
contribution

Water
pollution

Textile
Sector

Textile industry is the

countrys second biggest
polluter (after tanneries),
significantly impacting water
surface and groundwater
quality

Groundwater
depletion

Greater Dhaka area is

experiencing decline in
groundwater tables at
the rate of 1-2 meters/
year, with seasonal
water shortages

PaCT Objectives
Program aims at transformation of the textile sector through positive social, environmental
and economic impact creation
Goals of PaCT Program

REDUCTION OF WATER
USAGE 25MCM
Textile sectors overall
water usage is highly
inefficient, using on average
300 liters of water per kg
fabric
Best practice water usage
is estimated at ~50 liters of
water per kg fabric
Substantial water savings
are possible through
adoption of low-cost/ nocost cleaner production
measures, as well as water
treatment/ reuse and new
WDF technologies

REDUCTION OF
WASTEWATER USE/
QUALITY
IMPROVEMENT
[Target TBD]

REDUCTION IN ENERGY
CONSUMPTION AND
GHG EMISSIONS
150,000MT
Lack of awareness around
optimal operations and
maintenance practices lead
to significant energy
wastage

Textile sector is a
significant contributor to
surface water pollution
Inadequate/ improper
effluent treatment are
contaminating agricultural
land, reducing local crop
yields1 and increasing costs
of water treatment for
potable requirements2

Estimates suggest
adoption of low-cost/ nocost cleaner production
measures by the sectors
1,700 wet processing units
will result in savings of 600
thousand MWH of
electricity and 1.3 billion m3
of gas

Investment Facilitation: US$50 million

IMPROVEMENT TO
OHS/ WASH
CONDITIONS
Lack of capacity, low
attention to
occupational health and
safety, and limited
access to sanitation
facilities lead to
significant health risks
for workers
Improvement of
WASH facilities can
avoid water-borne
illnesses and worker
absenteeism

Bangladesh PaCT
Program
Overview
Rationale for water-use
efficiency
in rice cultivation

Partners

BUYER CAPACITY BUILDING

FACTORY SUPPORT

Development of harmonized
procurement guidelines
(Target: ~15 buyers)

Step 1: Awareness
building/ motivation for CP
(Target: 500 factories)

Training for buyers

international and local
procurement teams on
harmonized procurement
guidelines (Target: ~400 staff)

Step 2: Factory-specific
advice on Cleaner Production
(Target: 200 factories)
Step 3: Investment in
technologies (Target: 100
factories)

Steering
Committee

Program
Management

Netherlands
Embassy
Lead Sponsors
BGMEA

IFC Advisory
Services
(managerial and
technical staff)

MULTI-STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT
Operational, multi-stakeholder
Textile Sustainability Platform to raise
awareness/ build alignment among
firms, associations, policy makers, civil
society, financial institutions, and
donors
15 awareness/ consultative
workshops at sector and cluster level
5 collective action plans

Program Partners
Buyers
Factories
Government
Banks

Implementing
Partners
Solidaridad
Water Footprint
Network

BGMEA

* About 200 local companies will contribute another $1 million in cash fees, for total of $4
million private sector cash contribution
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Factory Support

Step 3: Facilitation of
investment in
technologies with
significant water
sustainability benefits
(Target: 100 factories)
Step 2: Factory-level advice on
Cleaner Production (CP measures)
and water footprint reduction
(Target: 200 factories)
Step 1: Awareness building/
motivation for CP (Target: 500
factories)P (Target: 500 factories)

In Depth CP assessment
1. Textile dyeing consumes huge amounts
of softened water : 50 - 500 liter/kg fabric*.
2. Ground water is almost free in BD and
hence used without restrains or recycling.
3. Lots of salt (low cost) added to the water
ends up in the rivers : 0.4 - 0.8 kg/kg fabric*.

In Depth CP Assessment

Good factory
Good attitude towards improving resource efficiency
Many good practices in place
Many opportunities to improve

Opportunities in Dye house

Process engineering
Shorter processes
Lower temperatures

Increasing right first time performance

Bulk
Lab to bulk

Reducing energy in drying

Recycling

Recommendations
High fixation dye

Enzyme bleaching

Change of Dyeing machine

iMaster low liquor machines
3.7:1 liquor ratio

Water metering

Cold Pad Batch

Cold Pad Batch plus counter-flow

bleach and wash-off
-50% Water*

-40% Steam*
-40% Electricity*

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Opportunities in finishing
Profile moisture content of all pre-dry fabrics
Reduce pre-dry moisture
Mangles approx 30,000 Euro
Saving approx 30% of energy requirement

Avoid over-drying
Moisture meters on all stenters
Saving further 5% of energy requirement
Heat recovery from stenters

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Opportunities in effluent treatment, water

recycling resource recovery
Recover chemicals and reduce salinity at
the source by regenerating bleaching
wastewater
Recover salt and reduce salinity at the
source by regenerating dyeing
wastewater
Replace air mixing in ETP by submersible
mixers as to improve performance and
save energy
Improve the clarifier(s) as to boost the
ETP effluent quality for reuse
Improve the quality of the bio-sludge as
to boost the ETP effluent quality for reuse

Remove color and add nutrients in ETP as

to enable water recycling

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Opportunities in effluent treatment, water

recycling resource recovery
Remove color and add
nutrients in ETP as to enable
water recycling
Add basic water recycling
Invest in basic ETP lab/field
equipment as to support high
ETP performance
Invest in capacity building by
training ETP management and
operators

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Opportunities in Utilities Section

Measure energy production & consumption in
real-time - Measuring = Knowing
Monitor and manage energy production &
consumption
Install economizers on all operating steam boilers
Install an oxygen trim on all operating steam
boilers and generators
Install a steam management control system

Recover stack heat from all gas fired generators

Install a electrical power management control
system
Reduce steam consumption and increase steam
condensate return
Tune/revamp/upgrade or replace the gas fired
generator
Recover engine jacket, turbo and oil cooler heat
from all operating generators
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Other Opportunities: Safe drinking water

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Conclusions
Customer use cases

Right pricing
Messaging to customer
Pre and post implementation services

Language and local office

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