Microbiological Study of the Anaerobic Digestion of Sludge from the Purifying Plant Wastewater from the City of Touggourt, Southeast of Algeria

Exploration anddevelopment of newenergy sources havebeen undertakenincludingbiomassenergyspecificallybiogas. Thisform of renewableenergywidelyavailable, inexpensiveand non-pollutingisused to supplementthenon-renewablefossil fuels. Therecovery of organicwasteandsludgemainlyatreatment plantwastewaterforbiogas productioncouldbeseen asa cost, decentralized and ecologicalproblemsthroughtheenergeticautonomyandsustainable agricultural developmentrural areas.Very little work in Algeria and elsewhere have been done on the microbiology of the different stages of the digestive process.Our goal is to make a microbiological study of the anaerobic digestion of sludge from the purifying plant wastewater from the city of Touggourt which is south east of Algeria