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Fossil fuels are the main resources for the generation of electricity, which have been considered as major contributors to environmental problems. One potential alternative to explore is the use of Microbial Fuel Cells (MFCs), which generate electricity using microorganisms. MFCs employ microbes to generate electricity from biochemical energy produced during the metabolism of organic substrates. In a Double-Chamber Microbial Fuel Cell (DC-MFC) the voltage and power production from pure culture under the continuous mode of operation. Additionally, mediator potassium permanganate (KMnO4) is used in a DC-MFC to reach the maximum current density and power using parallel connection mode. Various experimental studies have been carried out on DC-MFC though, the usage of DC-MFC is more reasonable due to its simple construction, maintenance, and mechanism maintenance. The voltage and current values obtained in DC-MFC using Dairy wastewater was 1006 mV and 4.89 mA, respectively, which was found to be higher than the voltage and current values of 825 mV and 2.18 mA, respectively, obtained from Hospital wastewater. It was also found that, Copper electrodes were more effective in electron transfer and electricity generation when compared to Aluminium electrodes.