Patent ID: 7846340

Claim:
A method of producing treated water comprising: introducing a first portion of water to be treated from a point of entry into a pressurized vessel while introducing a second portion of the water to be treated from the point of entry into an electrochemical device; removing at least a portion of any undesirable species from the second portion of the water to be treated in the electrochemical device while suppressing hydroxyl ion generation to produce treated water; storing at least a portion of the treated water in a treated water zone of the pressurized vessel, the treated water zone of the pressurized vessel defined by at least one baffle separating the treated water from an untreated water zone containing water not treated by the electrochemical device; distributing at least a portion of the water from the pressurized vessel to a point of use in a household; and controlling at least one operating parameter of the electrochemical device depending upon volume of water in the treated water zone and volume of water in the untreated water zone of the vessel.