ABSTRACT
This chapter attempts to assess the microbial pathogens reduction in wastewater treatment plants in Mysore city, India, and to determine the microbial risk associated with reuse of partially treated wastewater. It indicates that there was a potential microbial risk associated with the handling and reuse of wastewater in Mysore. The chapter reveals that the continuous monitoring of sewage treatment plants and sources of raw sewage need to be identified. The raw and treated wastewater samples were collected from the sewage treatment plants in Mysore and were preserved at 4ºC during transportation to laboratory. The city has been provided with three wastewater treatment plants: Rayankere sewage treatment plant; Vidyaran- yapuram sewage treatment plant; and Kesare sewage treatment plant. The raw and treated wastewater samples were collected from the sewage treatment plants in Mysore and to carried out both physicochemical and microbiological characteristics such as total coliform count, fecal coliform count, pH, Chemical oxygen demand, and Biochemical oxygen demand.
