Pump-based system for wastewater treatment through microorganism biochemical pathway optimization

A pump-based system for wastewater treatment through microorganism biochemical pathway optimization, comprising:

• a gas generator configured to provide at least one reactive gas into a sludge comprising microorganisms having a digestive function and capable of digesting at least one pollutant via at least two biochemical pathways, one of the pathways for digesting that pollutant producing inert byproduct and another one of the pathways producing a further byproduct other than the inert byproduct, wherein the sludge is substantially free of the pollutants;
• a controller interfaced to the gas generator and a pump and configured to receive user input comprising a desired degree of the digestion of the at least one pollutant in wastewater via the digestive function and to determine an amount of a gas-dispersion return sludge to be combined with an amount of the wastewater to form a mixed liquor based on the user input;
• and
• the pump configured to:
• form the gas-dispersion return sludge by rendering the at least one reactive gas into ultra-fine bubbles within the sludge, wherein a portion of the ultra-fine bubbles dissolves within the sludge;
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• provide under a control of the controller the determined amount of the gas-dispersion return sludge for combining with the amount of the wastewater that comprises the at least one pollutant to form the mixed liquor, wherein, upon encountering the pollutant within the wastewater, the activated microorganisms digest the at least one pollutant by prioritizing the pathway that produces the inert byproduct over the pathway that produces the other byproduct.