Abstract: The presented invention discloses a process to remove low or high concentrations of common or complexed heavy metals from aqueous solutions as well as oily solutions. The process uses a product (8856A), which is a mixture of 80% phosphoric acid (75-80%) and 20% aluminum sulfate (48%). The percentage of aluminum sulfate in 8856A is very critical in providing optimum solid-liquid separation in the settling stage and removing any excess phosphates from the discharge. Heavy metals such as iron, copper, nickel, zinc, chromium and lead are precipitated as metal phosphates. The process is capable of removing all of the metal in the solution because it discloses a longer detention time of two to four hours, which provides sufficient time to breakdown any complexing agents preventing precipitation of the metal. According to the presented invention, metal concentrations in the treated wastewater are decreased to levels below the detection limits.