Patent ID: 6858149

Claim:
A method of treating tap water and/or drinking water so as to reduce or destroy micro-organisms therein as well as other causes of skin diseases or waterborne diseases in human beings and animals, wherein the water is passed through a device comprising a conduit for transporting said water composed of a magnetic material integral therein so as to form at least one permanent magnet internal of the conduit, said conduit being provided with an axially extending opening through which the water to be treated is to pass, with the magnetic material composition being such that generates an energy product (BH)max of more than 20 KJ/M3, and a coercive force Hc of more than about 200 KA/m at 25 C, to which water is exposed for reducing and destroying viable micro-organisms and other causes of skin diseases or waterborne diseases in said water, wherein the north pole of said magnet being positioned at one axial end face of the magnet, and the other end the south pole positioned at the opposite axial end face.