Patent ID: 8431009

Claim:
A method for treating water, the method comprising the steps of: providing a multiplicity of plates; providing a cartridge adapted to removably receive a multiplicity of plates so as to maintain the plates in parallel alignment; providing an electrocoagulation reactor, the electrocoagulation reactor having a cell tank adapted to receive the cartridge, the cell tank having an intake pipe, the intake pipe having a first pump engaged therewith and an intake port and a discharge pipe and a discharge port; loading the cartridge with at least some plates; placing the loaded cartridge into the cell tank; transporting a quantity of water from a distant location to the intake port of the electrocoagulation reactor via the intake pipe and the first pump; subjecting the water in the reactor to an electric field; moving the water through the electrocoagulation reactor; removing the cartridge from the electrocoagulation; and discharging the water from the electrocoagulation reactor to the discharge pipe.