Abstract: A method and apparatus for conditioning and treating water is disclosed. Water including impurities flows past a charge probe. The charge probe is energized to ionize the water. The ionized water passes a grounding probe which removes free electrons from the ionized water to produce positively-charged water and impurities suspended in the positively-charged water downstream of the grounding probe. The positively-charged water is filtered or treating the water at a treatment unit. In one embodiment, the water may be included with fluid produced from a wellbore during a fracking operation, in which embodiment hydrocarbons obtained during the fracking operation and suspended in the positively-charged water downstream of the grounding probe are filtered to remove the hydrocarbons from the ionized water.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for conditioning water is disclosed. Water is flowed past a probe, wherein the water may include impurities. The probe is energized to excite the water and a presence of electrons in the excited water is reduced to produce positively charged water downstream of the probe that causes the impurities to dissociate from the water. The excited water may be deposited on a soil for crop production. The excited water may be further deposited on the soil to flush impurities in the soil to a depth away from a root of a crop planted in the soil to reclaim the soil for crop production. The excited water may further be used to descale pipes, such as used in irrigation, heat exchangers, cooling systems, etc. In yet another embodiment, the probe may be energized at a frequency selected to destroy organism, thereby protecting ecosystems.