This paper assesses, the capacity of natural zeolite clinoptilolite brought from Manisa City as a low cost ion exchange material for lead removal from industrial wastewaters. In the experiment activated and not activated zeolites were used and the size have been adjusted to 1.0-2.0 mm by. crashing and grinding. The zeolite sample activated with l M NaCl solution at a flow rate of 2 mL/min. Ion exchange study was done by batch experiment using different mixing time, mixing speed and concentration of Pb^{+2}$ synthetic wastewaters and continues column experiment using lead-zinc mining raw wastewaters. As a result of the experimental study, higher removal efficiency was obtained by the activated zeolites than the non-activated zeolites. The removal efficiency of activated zeolites for the uptake of lead ions is greater by 11%-15% when the mixing time is between 5 and 10 minutes. Maximum removal efficiency, 98% was observed for 30 minutes of mixing time in using activated zeolite. Wastewater containing 110 mg $Pb^{2+}$/L can be treated passing the wastewater through the ion exchange column at the rate of 80 ml/hour using 5 g activated zeolite. Receiving medium discharge standards can be achieved by using continuous ion exchange process as the only treatment step for the wastewater with above composition.