Coke making process results in generation of highly loaded and contaminated stream called coke oven wastewater. Its proper management, treatment and utilization is found to require sophisticated methods and technologies. This wastewater comprises of a mixture of technological aqueous waste streams, which are formed during coke oven gas cleaning and coal-derivatives production, and sanitary wastewater generated at coke oven plant. Due to the composition and specificity of contaminants present in coke oven wastewater (PAHs, phenols, cyanides, thiocyanates, ammonia, etc.), its proper treatment requires the involvement of physical, chemical and biological methods, which may also be proceeded with additional polishing. In dependence on its further use (deposition to environment or sewage system, coke wet quenching loop supply) different types of contaminants are regarded as priority ones and various technological cycles are applied. In the article, a review on worldwide, European and domestic coke production, coke oven wastewater formation, its parameters, applied technologies of treatment and utilization methods is presented. The special focus on the applied treatment techniques, which were found to be the key factor in further stream utilization, was given. Additionally, issues related with nowadays used systems were pointed out.