“…Annually, approximately 710 5 tons of dyes are produced, and approximately 710 4 tons/year are discarded by industries, including the textile, rubber, food, paper and plastic industries [1][2][3] Because of their high organic matter concentrations and their intense colors, the effluents discarded by the food industry are an important source of pollution for water bodies. When discharged into streams, these effluents reduce the transmission ofsunlight into the depleted dissolved oxygen zone [4][5][6] and may cause changes in aquatic biota (particularly near the release point).Thus, it becomes necessary to remove these materials before they are mixed with natural and unpolluted water bodies [2].…”