“…To remove lead ions from industrial wastewater, some conventional heavy metal removal processes such as biosorption [5][6][7][8][9], chemical precipitation [10], coagulation, complexing, solvent extraction [11][12][13], electro-membrane processes [14][15][16], ion exchange [17,18], and ion exchange/adsorption on solid surfaces [19] have been developed. However, there are some inherent shortcomings such as requiring a large area of land, a sludge dewatering facility, skillful operators, high capital and regeneration costs and multiple basin configurations [10].…”