Nature-based Solutions for Remediation of Emerging Pollutants in Wastewater

Preface

1. Perspective of Nature-based Solution in Wastewater Treatment: Challenges and Benefits 

Shaziya Siddiqui, Runit Isaac, Aparna and Vijay Tripathi

2. Mitigation of Heavy Metal Pollutants in Wastewater through Nature-based Solutions

Nitesh Kumar, Varun Kumar and Priyanka Verma

3. Nature-based Solutions for the Management of Urban Wastewater

Namratha B. and Santosh L. Gaonkar

4. Role of Biochar in Wastewater Treatment and Management

Arunima Nayak, Brij Bhushan, Garima Bhatnagar, Anshika Chauhan and Navdha Bhatt

5. Role of Constructed Wetlands in Wastewater Treatment and Mitigation of Emerging Contaminants

Sweta Upadhyay, Pradeep Kumar Sharma, Rachan Karmakar, Vijay Tripathi, Varij Panwar and Amit Mittal

6. Microalgae-based Wastewater Treatment and Production of Value Added Products 

Sonal Singh, Kuldeep Dwivedi, Rwitabrata Mallick, Shashank Gupta, Kumar Shrestha, Vijay Tripathi and Nidhi Shukla

7. Microalgae and Bacteria Consortia for the Removal of Emerging Contaminants from Wastewater and Biomass Production

Elakkiya Venugopal and Sharangouda J. Patil

8. Role of Bio-filtration Techniques in the Removal of Pollutants from Wastewater

Bhawana Yadav, Akanksha Dhoundiyal, Priyanshu Kumar, Ananta Gupta, Shivangi Chamoli and Payal Gupta

9. Nature-based Solutions for the Mitigation of Emerging Pollutants in Landfill Leachate

Bharti Sadhiyan, Sangeeta Madan, Monika Kumari, Ritika Maurya and Pradeep Kumar Sharma

10. Potential and Limitations of Nature-based Solutions in Wastewater Treatment

Rahul Kumar, Reetika Bagauli, Snežana Andjelković, Marika Pellegrini, Sourav Chattaraj, Arindam Ganguly, Bahman Khoshru, Anuprita Ray and Debasis Mitra

11. Omitting Antibiotic Pollution via Novel Ecofriendly Approaches: A Green Waste Water Management

Himani Deepak and Verinder Virk

12. Microbial Enzymes Mediated Bioremediation of Wastewater: An Overview

Aiman Tanveer, Supriya Gupta, Shruti Dwivedi, Kanchan Yadav, Varsha Rani and Dinesh Yadav

Index

Biography

Dr. Vijay Tripathi is an Associate Professor in the Department of Molecular and Cellular Engineering at Sam Higginbottom University of Agriculture, Technology & Sciences (SHUATS), Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh, India. His research primarily focuses on the abundance, diversity, and dissemination of microbial pathogens and antibiotic resistance in agroecosystems, with an emphasis on sustainable strategies to mitigate emerging environmental and public health challenges.

Dr. Pooja Tripathi is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Computational Biology and Bioinformatics at Sam Higginbottom University of Agriculture, Technology & Sciences (SHUATS), Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh, India. Her research interests include metagenomics, bioinformatics, and next-generation sequencing data analysis, with a focus on exploring microbial diversity and developing computational approaches for biological data interpretation.

Prof. Pradeep Kumar Sharma is Professor and Dean (Projects) in the Department of Environmental Science at Graphic Era (Deemed to be University), Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India. His primary research interests include wastewater treatment via nature-based technologies, constructed wetland technology, bioremediation, environmental impact assessment (EIA), and environmental monitoring.