Preface Luiz Fernando Romanholo Ferreira, Ajay Kumar and Muhammad Bilal 1. Antibiotics and hormone residues in wastewater: Occurrence, risks, and its biological, physical and chemical treatments Roberta Anjos de Jesus, Gabriela Pereira Barros, Ram Naresh Bharagava, Jiayang Liu, Sikandar I. Mulla, Muhammad Bilal, Lucas Carvalho Basilio Azevedo and Luiz Fernando Romanholo Ferreira 2. Occurrence of pesticides in wastewater: Bioremediation approach for environmental safety and its toxicity Roberta Anjos de Jesus, Gabriela Pereira Barros, Ram Naresh Bharagava, Jiayang Liu, Sikandar I. Mulla, Muhammad Bilal, Lucas Carvalho Basilio Azevedo and Luiz Fernando Romanholo Ferreira 3. Removal of pharmaceutical compounds from water Mateen Hedar, Iqra Zaman, Muhammad Imran Din, Nazim Hussain, Muhammad Bilal, Azeem Intisar, Adeel Afzal and Muhammad Amin Abid 4. Biological solutions for the removal of microplastics from water Mahnoor Amjad, Azeem Intisar, Adeel Afzal, Nazim Hussain and Muhammad Bilal 5. Impact of wastewater irrigation on soil attributes Vipin Kumar Singh, Rishikesh Singh and Ajay Kumar 6. Factors influencing the wastewater treatment process from agro-industrial effluents through microalgae and advanced oxidative processes Clara Dourado Fenandes, Gabriela Pereira Barros, Ram Naresh Bharagava, Ajay Kumar, Sikandar I. Mulla, Muhammad Bilal, Lucas Carvalho Basilio Azevedo and Luiz Fernando Romanholo Ferreira 7. Contamination of soil and food chain through wastewater application Priya Yadav, Rahul Prasad Singh, Rajan Kumar Gupta, Twinkle Pradhan, Amit Raj, Sandeep Kumar Singh, Kaushalendra, Kapil D Pandey and Ajay Kumar 8. Advanced biomaterials for the removal of pesticides from water Hafiz Adnan, Adeel Afzal, Azeem Intisar, Mateen Hedar, Nazim Hussain and Muhammad Bilal 9. Microalgae mediated wastewater treatment and its production for biofuels and bioproducts Sandeep Kumar Singh, Livleen Shukla, Rahul Prasad Singh, Priya Yadav and Ajay Kumar 10. Beneficial and negative impacts of wastewater for sustainable agricultural irrigation: Current knowledge and future perspectives Priya Yadav, Rahul Prasad Singh, Rajan Kumar Gupta, Sandeep Kumar Singh, Hariom Verma, Prashant Kumar Singh, Kaushalendra, Kapil D. Pandey and Ajay Kumar 11. Immobilized enzyme systems for wastewater treatment Mateen Hedar, Azeem Intisar, Nazim Hussain and Muhammad Bilal 12. Microbial remediation of emerging pollutants from wastewater Arooj Ramzan, Vaneeza Aiman, Azeem Intisar, Adeel Afzal, Tajamal Hussain, Muhammad Amin Abid, Nazim Hussain and Muhammad Bilal 13. Utilization of constructed wetlands for dye removal: A concise review Fidelis Odedishemi Ajibade, Oluwaseyi Aderemi Ajala, Hailu Demissie, Kayode Hassan Lasisi, Temitope Fausat Ajibade, Adelodun Bashir, Pankaj Kumar, Nathaniel Azubuike Nwogwu, Adedamola Oluwafemi Ojo, Olawale Olugbenga Olanrewaju and James Rotimi Adewumi 14. Pathogenic microbes in wastewater: Identification and characterization Rahul Prasad Singh, Priya Yadav, Rajan Kumar Gupta, Sandeep Kumar Singh, Hariom Verma, Prashant Kumar Singh, Kaushalendra, Kapil D. Pandey and Ajay Kumar 15. Tidal coastal wetlands for wastewater management Kayode Hassan Lasisi, Fidelis Odedishemi Ajibade, Temitope Ezekiel Idowu, Temitope Fausat Ajibade, Adelodun Bashir, Adedamola Oluwafemi Ojo, Olaolu George Fadugba, Olawale Olugbenga Olanrewaju and James Rotimi Adewumi 16. Mechanistic approaches and factors regulating microalgae mediated heavy metal remediation from the aquatic ecosystem Kapil D. Pandey, Sandeep Kumar Singh, Livleen Shukla, Vineet Kumar Rai, Rahul Prasad Singh, Priya Yadav, Rajan Kumar Gupta, Prashant Kumar Singh, Kaushalendra and Ajay Kumar 17. Metal organic frameworks-carbon based nanocomposites for environmental sensing and catalytic applications Muhammad Tuoqeer Anwar, Muhammad Rehman Asghar, Arslan Ahmed, Shagufta Fareed and Hasan Izhar Khan