Patent ID: 7610933

Claim:
A valve body, for a water treatment apparatus, comprising: a primary exterior wall and a secondary exterior wall, between which extend a first exterior side wall, a second exterior side wall and a third exterior side wall; a fluid fitting for connection to a water treatment vessel; the valve body having a seam which extends through the first exterior side wall and the second exterior side wall at acute angles to the third exterior side wall, thereby separating the valve body into a first part and a second part which abut each other to form a plurality of internal fluid passages; the first part contains the secondary exterior wall that has an untreated water inlet, a treated water outlet, a drain outlet, and a regenerant connector; and the second part comprises the primary exterior wall through which extend a plurality of openings for receiving an inlet valve element, an outlet valve element, a rinse valve element, a backwash valve element and a regenerant valve element.