“…The use of natural biopolymer such as alginate, cellulose, chitin, chitosan and starch has been proved in the field of water or wastewater treatment due to low cost, high reactivity, and non-toxicity [31]. Among them, alginate polymer is easily prepared to granules and has been widely used with adsorbents to form complexes impregnated with reactive materials, such as activated carbon, carboxylate and humic acid [32][33][34]. Furthermore, alginate itself can adsorb the heavy metal ions.…”