This book introduces the innovative and emerging microbial technologies for the treatment, recycling and management of industrial, domestic and municipal water and other wastewater in an environment-friendly and cost-effective manner.

Section I: Introduction to Wastewater and Remediation Technologies

1. Wastewater Pollution, Toxicity Profile, and Their Treatment Approaches: A Review

2. Bioremediation: A Sustainable Approach towards Clean Environment

3. Constructed Wetland-Microbial Fuel Cell Technology during Wastewater Treatment: Progress, Challenges, and Opportunities

4. Genetically Engineered Microorganisms (GEMs) for a Sustainable Environment: A Promising Biotechnological Tool

5. Performance of Anammox in Industrial Wastewater Treatment: Recent Advances and Future Prospects

6. Vermifiltration Technology: Earthworm Assisted Green Technology for Wastewater Treatment

7. Amalgamation of Constructed Wetland and Microbial Fuel Cell Systems as a Sustainable Approach towards Wastewater Treatment and Energy Recovery

8. Indigenous Microorganisms: An Effective In-Situ Tool to Mitigate Organic Pollutants from Contaminated Sites

9. Bioaugmentation of Petroleum Hydrocarbons and Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons: A Review

10. Microbial Biofilms for Efficient Biological Wastewater Treatment: Mechanisms, Challenges, Opportunities, and Future Perspectives

11. Genetically Engineered Microbes in Bioremediation of Environmental Contaminants

12. Microalgae: Tool for the Removal of Emerging Contaminants from the Industrial Wastewater

Section II: Microbial Treatment of Wastewater/Wastewater Pollutants

13. Microbial Reclamation of Pulp and Paper-Making Industry Wastewater: Electricity Generation, Value Added Co-Product Recovery and Waste Valorization

14. Microbial Treatment of Food Processing Wastewater and Recovery of Value-Added Bioactive Compounds: Current Scenario, Challenges, and Future Prospects

15. Reclamation of Lead Acid Battery Processing Wastewater through Microbes and Waste Valorization: Progress, Challenges, and Future Prospects

16. Microbial Approaches for Pharmaceutical Wastewater Recycling and Management for Sustainable Development: Present Status, Challenges, and Opportunities.

17. Biotechnological Approaches for Microbial Treatment of Textile Wastewater and Resource Recovery: Opportunities, Challenges, and Future Perspectives

18. Strategic Re-use and Recycling of Grey Water through Treatment Systems for Resource Recovery

19. A Sustainable Approach of Biodiesel Production and Water Treatment Using Oleaginous Microorganisms

20. Biological Treatment and Value-Added Products Recovery from Wastewaters Discharged from Food Processing Industries: A Review

21. Integrated Wastewater Treatment and Biofuel Production Using Microalgae

Index

>32 research and review articles in reputed international peer-reviewed Journals with more than citations >1000, and h-index 17. In addition, he is the author/co-author of 4 Proceeding Articles, 45 Book Chapters, and 4 Scientific Magazine articles. Moreover, he has published 2 authored and 17 edited books on different aspects of Phytoremediation, Bioremediation, Wastewater Treatment, Waste Management, Omics, Genomics, and Metagenomics from CRC Press (Taylor & Francis Group), Elsevier, Springer Nature, IWA, and Wiley. Recently, his two series have been approved for publication by CRC Press (Taylor & Francis Group) and International Water Association (IWA Publishing). Dr. Kumar has been serving as a guest editor and reviewer in many prestigious international peer review Journals. He has served the editorial board of various reputed journals including SN Applied Sciences, Frontiers in Microbiology, Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering Reviews. He has presented several papers relevant to his research areas at national and international conferences. Dr. Kumar is an active member of numerous scientific societies including Microbiology Society (UK), the Indian Science Congress Association (India), Association of Microbiologist of India (India), etc. He is founder of the Society for Green Environment, India (website: www.sgeindia.org). He can be reached at vineet.way18@gmail.com; drvineet.micro@gmail.com.

Dr. Joginder Singh is presently working as Professor at the Department of Microbiology, Lovely Professional University, Punjab, India. Previously, he has worked as a Young Scientist at Microbial Biotechnology and Biofertilizer Laboratory, Department of Botany, Jai Narain Vyas University in Department of Science and Technology, Govt. of India. He is an active member of various scientific societies and organizations including, the Association of Microbiologists of India, the Indian Society of Salinity Research Scientists, the Indian Society for Radiation Biology, and the European Federation of Biotechnology. He has more than 130 research and review articles in peer-reviewed journals, edited 15 books published by Springer International Publishing, Elsevier Science Publishing and authored/co-authored 65 chapters in edited books. He serves as a reviewer for many prestigious journals, including Current Research in Engineering, Science and Technology, Journal of Cleaner Production, Science of the Total Environment, Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, Pedosphere, Soil and Sediment Contamination, Symbiosis, International Journal of Phytoremediation, Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, Annals of Agricultural Sciences, Annals of the Brazilian Academy of Sciences and many more. Dr Singh attended several International and National Seminars, Symposia, Conferences, chaired technical sessions, and presented papers. Despite teaching aptitude, his experience in planning and execution of R&D facilities at the scientist level and knowledge of microbial implications for resolving social problems have been well recognized in terms of research projects he is handling and has worked upon. His training and research experience prepared him to work with microbial consortium formulation and its ecology. His interest is to explore efficient strategies towards bioremediation and phytoremediation of pollutants from water and soil. Specific areas on which he is working are the microbial technology for rhizoremediation of polluted soil and targeting suitable plants and rhizospheric microorganisms from these areas along with enzymes responsible for remediation of organic and inorganic pollutants. Besides this, he guided 06 Ph.D., 04 M.Phil., 31 M.Tech./M.Sc. and 25 B.Tech./B.Sc. students, which proves his skills and passion for teaching and research.