**6. Pentachlorophenol wastewater treatment**

For counteracting PCP pollution, wastewater-containing pesticides are commonly treated using biological and physico-chemical approaches [81]. The increasing of the

*Potential of Aquatic Plants for Pesticide Removal in Wastewater: A Case Study… DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.107064*

accumulation of pollutants in the aquatic environment generated and activated many investigations concerning their removal and their biological treatment [82]. Unlike physical and chemical methods based techniques that are expensive and producing environmental side effects, biological methods could be useful for cost-effective and environmentally friendly approaches [83].

In addition, the bioremediation of PCP contaminated soil or water were widely examined in diferent research work, including phytoremediation [84] biostimulation [85] and bioaugmentation [64].
