The phytoremediation of the textile industrial WE may be
accomplished by phosphorous removal which could have
started by two different mechanisms: by the biological
assimilation during the biomass growth and by the chemical
precipitation that occurred predominantly when the biomass
concentration decreases, as during the decline phase or cellular
death (Laliberte´ et al., 1997).
During the different treatments, reduced Electric Conductivity
(EC) values (uS) were observed in the 1st run which are
parallel to the maximum reductions in COD, colour, and the
highest recorded values of Cmax, lmax and this may be due to
the ability of algal species to consume the nutrients during
the algal growth. In this respect, Oswald (1988) stated that