Patent ID: 7914662
Filing Date: 2011-03-29
Classification: C02F,Y02W

Abstract:
1. A method of treating polluted water by electrocoagulation with a portable water treatment apparatus, the method comprising the steps of: providing a portable water treatment apparatus comprising: at least two electrodes; and a housing, electrically isolating said at least two electrodes, to which said at least two electrodes are fixed spaced apart from one another; submerging, at least partially, said at least two electrodes in polluted water; providing an electrical potential to said at least two electrodes to cause at least one of said at least two electrodes to be sacrificial and provide coagulating ions to the polluted water; determining the extent of coagulation in the polluted water; and gripping said housing and manually adjusting the extent of submergence of said at least two electrodes in the polluted water in order to adjust said determined coagulation.