Process Water Consumption (L/1000 kg of  products) Sizing 500-8200 Desizing 2500-21000 Scouring 20000-45000 Bleaching 2500-25000 Mercerizing 17000-32000 Dyeing 10000-300000 Printing 8000-16000

Table 16: Water required by cotton textile industry for the wet process [52].