Editorial: Emerging approaches for sustainable management for wastewater

The global demand for clean water resources has increased dramatically as a result of demographic shifts, economic expansion, rampant urbanization, and population growth, living standards, and expanding areas of irrigated agriculture. [...]the obstacle of water scarcity, and pollution of fresh water reservoirs, has become an imperative threat worldwide (Kumar et al., 2021; Li et al., 2022). According to the United Nations report, in developing countries 80% of all urban and industrial wastewater is disposed into the aquatic reservoirs without any adequate remedies. [...]providing good quality of water, adequate treatment, and sustainable wastewater management of wastewater is of great importance before disposal into the ecosystem to protect public and environment health and promote the sustainable development of the human being (Semaha et al., 2022). Highlights From Articles Featured in This Research Topic In the first review, Kumar and Arora critically discussed the biotechnological applications of potent ligninolytic enzyme, manganese peroxidases (MnPs), that are crucial for primarily degrading a wide range of recalcitrant contaminants including lignin, toxic dyes, mycotoxins, antibiotics, emerging organic compounds, and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons discharge in wastewater. [...]MnP has been used in pulp and paper production industries to reduce the amount of lignin components and chemicals in biopulping and biobleaching. According to the data reviewed in the articles, tested drugs are existing in diverse environmental matrices, such as domestic water, common effluent treatment plants, wastewater treatment decentralised facilities, and surface water, which pose a serious health concern to environment and human.