Four strains of microalgae Chlorella saccharophila UTEX 2911, Chlamydomonas pseudococcum UTEX 214, Scenedesmus sp UTEX1589 and Neochloris oleoabundans UTEX 1185 were obtained from UTEX and a consortium of wastewater isolates were screened in BG11, treated and untreated wastewaters to examine their growth response in terms of chlorophyll a content.