Water pollution is an issue of great concern worldwide, contamination by organic
compounds, inorganic compounds and microorganisms. Bioremediation using …

Heavy metals toxicity has posed a global threat due to their ever increasing levels in the
natural water bodies either due to the natural and/or anthropogenic processes. Heavy …

Heavy metals (such as lead, cadmium, and mercury) have toxic effects such as competing
with and reducing the availability of essential minerals in the soil, which can affect crop …

It has been well known for many years that some micro-organisms can take up large
amounts of heavy metals such as copper, cadmium, lead and uranium, and this was …

Classical methods which used for removal of heavy metals from contaminated water are
adsorption, precipitation, coagulation, ion exchange resin, evaporation, and membrane …

Heavy metal compounds are used in a variety of industrial processes, including tanning,
chrome plating, anti-corrosion treatments, and wood preservation. Heavy metal ion pollution …

The production of municipal and industrial wastewaters and leachates, together with an
increase in metal emissions, is one of the effects of the world's population growth. Metal-rich …

Heavy metals presence in wastewater are usually associated with the usage of metal-based
chemical substances such as inorganic coagulant, metal salt, and metal-based processing …

Today indiscriminate and uncontrolled discharge of metal contaminated industrial effluents
into the environment has become an issue of major concern. Heavy metals, being non …

Pollution is a major concern of the modern era as it affects all the principal aspects of the
environment, especially the hydrosphere. Pollution with heavy metals has unequivocally …