In the last years a growth has occurred in the extraction and refining of heavy metals causing an increase in the accumulation of wastes that are toxic to nature, thus opening up the opportunity for research in new soil and wastewaters remediation technics that are less aggressive to the environment and have lower costs. The established technics have not been developed with the preservation of the environment to be decontaminated in mind, nevertheless the current awareness in preserving the environmental balance acts as an incentive to the study of ecologically correct technologies. Phytoremediation is a technic for treatment of contaminated soil and wastewaters that promotes reforestation of devastated areas and does not modify the ecosystem, using plants as remediating agents. Amongst the cited advantages of phytoremediation are its low cost and risk of environmental damage to the soil, as opposed to certain physical and chemical remediation, and bioremediation processes. The phytoremediation technology consists of planting and cultivating on location a plant that is capable of absorbing the contaminating agent. The aim of this work was to study the cadmium hiperaccumulation capacity through the Ruppia maritima L., which is a cosmopolitan rooted aquatic macrophyte found in contaminated environments with a very good adaptation capacity. The phytoremediation capacity of this species, together with its associated flora and fauna, was tested using cadmium chloride solutions. From the developed experiments we concluded that the Ruppia maritima possesses a very good capacity for remediating contaminated soils and wastewaters and adapting to adverse conditions.