|Exhibit 31.1                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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|Certification Pursuant to Section 302 of Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
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|In connection with the Quarterly Report of Capacitive Deionization Technology Systems, Inc. (Registrant) on Form 10-QSB for the quarter ended June 30, 2003, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, on the date hereof, I, Dallas Talley, and I, Phil Marshall, certify that:                                                                                                           
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|1.        I have reviewed this Quarterly Report on Form 10-QSB of Capacitive Deionization Technology Systems, Inc. for the quarter ended June 30, 2003;                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
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|2.        Based on my knowledge, this Quarterly Report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this quarterly report;                                                               
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|3.        Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this Quarterly Report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the Registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this Quarterly Report;                                                                                  
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|4.        The registrant's other certifying officers, if any, and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-14 and 15d-14) for the Registrant and have:                                                                                                                                                              
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|(a)    designed such disclosure controls and procedures to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to me by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this quarterly report is being prepared;                                                                                                 
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|(b)    evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant's disclosure controls and procedures as of a date within 90 days prior to the filing date of this quarterly report (the "Evaluation Date"); and                                                                                                                                                                                                   
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|(c)    presented in this quarterly report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures based on our evaluation as of the Evaluation Date;                                                                                                                                                                                                                         
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|5.        The Registrant's other certifying officers, if any, and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation, to the Registrant's auditors and the audit committee of Registrant's board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):                                                                                                                                     
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|(a)    all significant deficiencies in the design or operation of internal controls which could adversely affect the Registrant's ability to record, process, summarize and report financial data and have identified for the Registrant's auditors any material weaknesses in internal controls; and                                                                                                  
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|(b)    any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the Registrant's internal controls; and                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          
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|6.      The Registrant's other certifying officers, if any, and I have indicated in this quarterly report whether or not there were significant changes in internal controls or in other factors that could significantly affect internal controls subsequent to the date of my most recent evaluation, including any corrective actions with regard to significant deficiencies and material weakness.
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|Date: August 14, 2003                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  
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|/s/ Dallas Talley                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      
|Dallas Talley                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          
|Chairman of the Board,                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 
|Chief Executive and Financial Officer                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  
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|/s/ Phil Marshall                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      
|Phil Marshall                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          
|Chief Financial Officer