Patent ID: 7033509

Claim:
An apparatus for iodine decontamination and purification of a water stream, the apparatus comprising: a source of water for one or more water consuming applications and for providing a water stream; a delivery station intermediate said source of water and a treatment station; a source of iodine at the delivery station; means to enable release into said water stream of said iodine; a monitoring electrode associated with the delivery station which maintains the iodine in said water stream at a predetermined concentration to provide a predetermined level of purification of said water stream and/or objects in contact with said water stream in the treatment station; means for recovery from said water stream of said iodine and/or iodide and/or other iodine species derived from said iodine; and means for conversion of all said recovered iodine species derived from said iodine delivered to said stream to iodine as used in this system.