Chrome removal and recovery

A process for removing chromium from chromium-containing water comprising contacting said chromium-containing water with barium carbonate and/or barium hydrate and a water-soluble acetate salt at a pH of 4-6 utilizing a weight concentration of barium carbonate and/or barium hydrate to chromimum present ranging from about 1 to 6 and a weight ratio of barium carbonate and/or barium hydrate to water-soluble acetate salt ranging from about 3 to 15:1, thereafter filtering the resultant insoluble chromium material with a first acid-resistant filter media, recovering the filtered chromium and removing the barium present by contacting said chromium with sulfuric acid thereby converting said chromium to chromic acid and precipitating said barium as insoluble barium sulfate, passing said effluent from said sulfuric acid contact through a second acid-resistant filter material to remove insoluble barium sulfate therefrom, collecting the effluent from said second filter, and reusing its chromium content in a chromium plating process.