Due to its versatility and economic efficiency, copper is the third most utilized metal in the world (Go et. al., 2021). However, the uncontrolled and excessive use of copper in the production activities of mining, tanning, and jewelry industries in the Philippines leads to widespread contamination in our water bodies. Butuanon River, one of the geologically important rivers in Cebu, is found to contain high amounts of copper in sediments and suspended solids. Butuanon River’s copper concentration in suspended solids ranged from 0.02% to 0.67% and sediments ranged from 83.88 to 242.2 ppm (Castañares and Larino, 2019). The river was then declared dead in 1992 because it can no longer support flora and fauna due to the heavy contamination of metals in the river (Sitchon, 2022). As stated in the aforementioned studies, water contamination of copper has continuously been a threat to the local communities here in the Philippines. Existing methods to treat copper such as ion exchange systems, distillation, and reverse osmosis are proven to be effective but still come with drawbacks because of its high cost of implementation and inaccessibility. With this, the researchers aimed to determine the efficacy of using rhizofiltration, a phytoremediation technique, in treating the heavy metal from synthetic wastewater.