Method for wastewater treatment control through microorganism metabolic pathway optimization

A method for wastewater treatment control through microorganism metabolic pathway optimization, comprising:

• providing sludge comprising microorganisms capable of digesting one or more pollutants by exercising a digestive function via one or more catabolic pathways to obtain energy and store the energy in a form of adenosine triphosphate (ATP), wherein the sludge is substantially free of the pollutants;
• receiving by a computer a user input comprising at least one of a time of the digestion of the one or more pollutants and a degree of digestion of one or more of the pollutants;
• determining by the computer a time within which the at least one reactive gas needs to dissolve to a predetermined concentration within the sludge based on the user input;
• generating by a gas generator controlled by the computer the at least one reactive gas that is provided into the sludge;
• forming a gas-dispersion return sludge by at least partially dissolving, by one of an atomizer or a pump under a control of the computer, the at least one reactive gas in the sludge during the determined time to reach the predetermined concentration within the sludge;
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• forming a mixed liquor by combining under a control of the computer the gas-dispersion return sludge with a wastewater that comprises one or more of the pollutants, wherein upon encountering the pollutants in the wastewater, the microorganisms store an amount of the ATP during an initial time period that is dependent on the determined time and wherein the microorganisms exercise the digestive function during the further time period based on the amount of the ATP created and stored during the initial time period.