Considering both the volume and the composition of the effluents, the textile industry is rated as one of the most polluting among all industrial sectors. Textile effluents are one of the most difficult-to-treat on account of the considerable amount of suspended solids and of the massive presence of dyes, salts, additives, detergents, and surfactants (Prigione et al., 2008). Traditional technologies include various physical and chemical processes (primary