Patent ID: 7431848

Claim:
A water sterilization system for an ornamental body of water, the system comprising: a pump configured to create a water flow through the filtration system so as to recirculate water out of the ornamental body of water into a sterilization path of the sterilization system and then back to the ornamental body of water; and a plurality of sterilization elements configured to form at least a portion of the filtration path, each of the plurality of elements having an inlet and an outlet and defining an elongate space therebetween, wherein a sterilizing element is positioned within the elongate space so as to sterilize organic materials in the water flow as the water travels through the elongate space and wherein at least one of the inlet and outlet includes a coupling that permits interconnection to other ones of the plurality of sterilizing elements such that the plurality of sterilizing elements can be rotated with respect to each other to permit the plurality of sterilizing elements to have a selectable configuration and such that the length of the filtration path can be adjusted by adding or removing one or more of the plurality of sterilizing elements.