a system for continuously reusing and recycling water and chemicals in consecutive dyeing cycles wherein hosiery goods are placed in a vat and subjected to dyeing , rinsing and finishing operations . the unabsorbed dye bath , rinse waste water and finish waste water are continuously recirculated to eliminate waste discharge to municipal sewage facilities . the waste waters are clarified in a treatment zone , and the unspent dye bath is continuously recirculated or periodically clarified as necessary or desirable . treatment of the waste waters and the unabsorbed dye bath removes dyes while permitting certain chemical constituents to remain in the clarified water for reuse in subsequent dyeing cycles .