Patent ID: 8354030

Claim:
A process for purifying water containing contaminants selected from the group consisting of cyanotoxins, bacteria, viruses, parasites, positively charged ions, negatively charged ions, and radiation, comprising: obtaining contaminated water from a source of contaminated water, placing a quantity of said water into a reactants tank, said reactants tank containing at least two electrodes for creating an electric field within said reaction tank chamber, said electrodes being spaced apart and located in a bottom portion of said reactants tank, while said quantity of water is in said tank, pulsing said two electrodes with a first direct-current electric field of at least 10,000 volts/cm for at least 0.1 second at least once to destroy said cyanotoxins, said bacteria, said viruses, and said parasites, while said quantity of water is in said tank, applying to said two electrodes, a second direct-current electric field to separate said positively charged ions and said negatively charged ions so that said positively charged ions are sequestered near said negatively charged electrode and said negatively charged ions are sequestered near said positively charged electrode, said electric field being at least 3 volts/cm for a duration of at least one minute, whereby said cyanotoxins, said bacteria, said viruses, said parasites, said positively charged ions, and said negatively charged ions are reduced in said contaminated water so that said water is no longer contaminated and is potable.