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The pollution of industrial and municipal wastewater, which mixes with the toxic metal ions, is an environmental important matter. The discharge of industrial wastewater, which contains heavy metals, is toxic for the life of aquatic organisms although it makes water supplies undesirable for drinking. Due to these materials is accumulative, so determination and removal these materials are necessary. This study was done in WWTP of Isfahan (Iran). The data were compared with the standards of US-EPA and Environmental Agency of Iran. In this comparison, some metal concentration of effluent was higher according to standard limits of Iran. Results of research illustrate, conventional activated sludge process only cannot remove heavy metal sufficiently.