AQUATIC ENVIRONMENTS POLLUTION BY TOXIC METAL IONS, PARTICULARLY AS A RESULT OF INDUSTRIALIZATION, IS INCREASINGLY BEING ASSOCIATED WITH PUBLIC HEALTH IN AN URBAN SETTING, SINCE TOXIC METALS NOT ONLY LEAD TO CONTAMINATION OF AQUATIC LIFE, BUT ALSO CAUSE HARM TO PEOPLE'S HEALTH, EVEN AT LOW CONCENTRATIONS [1, 2]. THERE ARE SOME METHOD FOR UPTAKE OF HEAVY METAL IONS. MOST OFTEN, THESE METHODS HAVE A HIGH COST, GENERATE SECONDARY POLLUTANTS OR ARE SIMPLY INCOMPETENT [3]. OF ALL THE VARIOUS METHODS, ADSORPTION USING LOW-COST ADSORBENTS SUCH AS ION EXCHANGE RESINS IS CONSIDERED TO BE AN ECONOMICAL AND EFFECTIVE METHOD FOR REMOVAL OF TOXIC METAL IONS FROM AQUEOUS SOLUTIONS [4].IN THIS WORK THE NOVEL POLYMERIC ADSORBENT AS AN ION EXCHANGE RESIN FOR DIVALENT METAL IONS WAS PREPARED BY FUNCTIONALIZATION OF THE COPOLYMER (STYRENE-ALT-MALEIC ANHYDRIDE) BY 2 (2-AMINOETHYL) CARBAMOYL-BENZOIC ACID IN SUITABLE RATIO. THE BATCH EQUILIBRATION TECHNIQUE WAS USED TO INVESTIGATE THE EQUILIBRIUM, KINETIC AND DESORPTION STUDIES FOR THE RESIN. THE ISOTHERM MODELS SUCH AS: LANGMUIR, FREUNDLICH, TEMKIN AND DUBININ–RADUSHKEVICH WERE EMPLOYED TO DESCRIBE ADSORPTION EQUILIBRIUM. THE PSEUDO-FIRST ORDER, PSEUDO-SECOND ORDER AND INTRA-PARTICLE DIFFUSION KINETICS EQUATIONS WERE USED FOR MODELING OF ADSORPTION DATA.