Domestic and industrial wastewater in particular is contaminated with a significant amount of heavy metals, which have a multilateral negative impact on water bodies. However, conventional municipal wastewater treatment plants do not have any designated processes for efficient removal of heavy metals, which leads to their accumulation and distribution mainly in effluent and sludge. This ultimately leads to deterioration of water quality and negatively impacts ecosystem dynamics and human health. The primary aim of the proposed study involves the bioprospecting for new microbial strains that would produce environmentally friendly surfactants to assist in reducing the anthropogenic load in contaminated water bodies (for their ability to remove metals in water). The discovery of new biosurfactant producing microbial strains that can easily be grown under normal microbial growth conditions, while producing large quantities of biosurfactants, and finding novel biosurfactants that can overcome economic barriers normally encountered with large-scale production of surface-active molecules. Furthermore, the results obtained in this study will contribute to advancing the research and improvement of heavy metals removal in wastewater treatment processes. The proposed project links to Sustainable Development Goal 6, which ensures the availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all.