Perchlorate (ClO4-) had caused great impacts to human health via inhibiting the uptake of iodide by the thyroid gland and its removal was strongly affected by co-existing anions in aqueous solution. The adsorptive features of perchlorate, co-existing anions and their removal mechanisms on two different metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) are compared in this paper. Two MOFs (i.e., alpha,beta-ethanebbbdisulfo nic-Cu-(4,4'-bipy)(2) and "sulfamic-Cu-(4,4'-bipy)(2)) were synthesized to remove CIO4- and co-existing anions from aqueous solution. It was found that MOFs can effectively remove PO3- and ClO4-. The adsorption reactions of PO43- and CIO4- by MOFs were exothermic and spontaneous, as confirmed by the thermodynamic analysis. The sorption rates of the anionic pollutants followed the pseudo first-order reaction. The sorption isotherms followed the Langmuir model with K-L values of 0.0083, 0.0257, 0.2133 and 0.0448 for ClO4-, PO43- (PO43-, PO43- (ClO4-), respectively. A certain amount of perchlorate and phosphate were adsorbed by MOFs under the pH range of 2 to 10. However, as long as pH increased up to 12, the absorption capability decreased remarkably due to the crystal structure of materials being collapsed in an alkaline environment. For the absorption of anions by MOFs, Gibbs' free energy of may be attributed to the effects of adsorption. Sulfonic acid groups interlaminated in MOFs were exchanged by tetrahedral oxoanions, contributing to ion-exchange adsorption. The findings in this study help develop novel methods for perchlorate and phosphate removal from aqueous solution. (C) 2017 Published by Elsevier B.V.