Abstract Development of industrial activities leads to the generation of a huge volume of
polluted effluents rich in heavy metals, which cause serious threat to the environment and …

Pollution of water by heavy metals has become a matter of serious concern. Reclamation of
heavy-metal-polluted water is quite challenging, as the metals are nonbiodegradable in …

Wastewater generated from various domestic, agricultural, and industrial activities is one of
the major causes of water pollution as it is a pool of heavy metals, pesticides, chemicals …

Heavy metal contaminations produced by industrial activities are one of the major important
issues which are faced by many countries, typically developing economies. Heavy metals in …

The widespread contamination of heavy metals in the ecosystem has emerged as a global
threat to the environment as well as human well-being because of their bioaccumulation and …

Heavy metals constitute toxic, non-degradable and persistent environment pollutants which
adversely affect the growth, development and survival of all life forms. Discharged from …

Heavy metals‐containing drinking water and wastewater are posing a severe threat to the
environment, and living beings on land, air and water. Different conventional, advanced …

Heavy metal pollution is a major environmental threat caused by industries like
electroplating, textiles, dyes, mining, and so forth. Due to a lack of proper effluent treatment …

Recently, modern techniques have gained attention for the remediation of heavy metals
present in wastewater. Biological processes have been explored and employed as they …

Instead of using mainly bacteria, it is also possible to use mainly algae to clean wastewater
because many of the pollutant sources in wastewater are also food sources for algae …