Patent ID: 7241390

Claim:
A method of treating bulk quantities of water in a system to produce improved quality disinfected water, comprising the steps of: passing untreated conductive water into a treatment system comprised of an electrode array wherein the electrode array includes perforations oriented such that a substantial portion of the water being treated flows through the perforations and the electrode array comprised of stacked multiple pairs of electrodes with a void space between adjacent electrodes that covers substantially all of a major surface area of the electrodes to increase residence time of the untreated conductive water; applying an alternating electrical current to the electrode array; creating an acid within the treatment system by forming the acid in the untreated conductive water using the electrode array, the acid selected from the group consisting of hypochlorous acid and hypobromous acid; and the acid being created within the system disinfecting the untreated conductive water to create the improved quality water by virtue of the increased residence time of the untreated conductive water within the stacked multiple pairs of electrodes.