<p>Adsorbent Pervious Concrete (APC) is ordinary pervious concrete (PC) that contains inexpensive adsorbents for the removal of contaminants from stormwater and wastewater. APC is a sustainable solution with manifold environmental advantages. These desirable outcomes of APC in reducing stormwater and wastewater pollution require an applicable response from researchers to address not only the optimized mixture design, strength, and physical properties of APC but also the effect of different types of adsorbents on engineering properties and environmental aspects of this system. These critical issues are the topic of this review paper. Laboratory results relevant to mixture design, compressive strength, porosity, and permeability of APC and their interrelationship are discussed in great detail. The effect of different types of low-cost adsorbents, such as minerals, industry waste, and nanoparticles, which are either added to the APC mixture or substituted by the proportion of coarse aggregate or cement, is reviewed. Based on this state-of-the-art review of the abovementioned issues, further investigations of the usage of APC in wastewater treatment, along with studying the engineering properties, are recommended.</p> Graphical Abstract <p></p>