ABSTRACT
Water is an essential natural resource that is required to sustain life. Water is subjected to pollutants mainly by anthropogenic activities and microbial contaminations. A paradigm shift toward the wastewater treatment and effective management is necessary not only to protect sensitive ecosystems but also to emphasize that wastewater is a resource for many agricultural and industrial purposes. The secondary phase of wastewater treatment basically employs microorganisms to fulfill the tasks of degrading organic contaminants as well as conversion of nitrogenous contaminants. The different microbial populations can be used in resource partitioning in next-generation wastewater treatment to recover products from wastewater.
