The characteristics of the WE were highly variable but comparable
to those reported by a previous study (Rahman, 1993).
The physicochemical characteristics of the WE were within
the range of the values recorded by Lim et al. (2010) during their study on bioremediation of Malaysian textile wastewater.
Copper and chromium compounds have known uses in textile manufacturing, particularly for dyeing processes (IPPC, 2003) Copper has also been previously reported in some dye plant effluents (Sharma et al., 2007). However, the constituents of the textile waste effluents differ according to the raw materials used in this industry.