Patent ID: 8088287

Claim:
A method of controlling proliferation of biofouling organisms by at least substantially removing organics that are consumed by the biofouling organisms, comprising: providing a particle separator capable of removing particulates provided that the particulates are no smaller than a particular size of about 40 microns; providing water from a cooling tower that is to be processed and recirculated back to the cooling tower, which water contains both scale-forming materials and the organics; cycling the water from the cooling tower through a physical type water conditioner to form solid particles comprising calcium carbonate of at least the particular size from the scale-forming materials; returning the water containing the formed solid particles to the cooling tower to facilitate coagulating at least a substantial portion of the organics with the solid particles to thereby provide corresponding combined scale and organic particles of at least the particular size; passing the combined scale and organic particles through the particle separator to thereby remove at least substantially all of the combined scale and organic particles that are of at least the particular size from the water.