The inventive method and apparatus for treating water and water systems.
The apparatus and method also assures the retention of calcium in
drinking water provided to an animal by suppling water to a water feed
line which is connected to a drinking device, oxidizing the water to
retain calcium in the water in solution, ionizing the water using
copper/zinc electrodes, the ionization sanitizing the water and providing
residual copper and zinc ions which act as an algicide and a biocide, and
providing the ionized oxidized drinking water which retains calcium in
solution to the animal for drinking.