Effluent Quality has became more restrictive day by day as the world wide water authorities has became more aware with this respect. Use of conventional treatment such as biological treatment discharge will no longer be tolerated as 53% of 87 colours are identified as non-bio-degradable. Advance oxidation processes provide great alternatives for better treatment of textile effluent and for the protection of environment. In this paper an overview is considered in respect of basis and treatment efficiency of different AOPs with their special features.