Patent ID: 8045849

Claim:
A non-recirculating water treatment system comprising: a treatment unit for removing dissolved species from a water stream; a source of a sanitization fluid maintained at a temperature of about 60° C. to about 80° C.; and a controller responsive to at least one of an operational startup of the treatment unit, an operational shutdown of the treatment unit, a pre-determined time period of in-service operation of the treatment unit, a pre-determined out of service time period of the treatment unit, and microbial count; wherein the controller is in communication with an inlet of the treatment unit and is configured to intermittently generate a control signal that adjusts an amount of flow of the sanitization fluid to the inlet for a period of time from about 1 minute to about 5 minutes, and further configured to provide a treated water stream having less than 100 colony forming units per milliliter.