“…Therefore, a good pretreatment of the aqueous stream should be necessary for UV based AOPs . Decolorisation and treatment of textile effluent were investigated in most studies (Shu et al, 1994, Galindo & Kalt, 1998, , Arslan and Balcıoğlu, 1999, Ince, 1999, Neamtu et al, 2002, Cisneros, 2002, Mohey El-Dein et al, 2003, Azbar et al, 2004, Shu & Chang, 2005. According to these studies, the use of H 2 O 2 /UV process seems to show a satisfactory COD (70-95%) and colour(80-95%) removal performance.…”