METHOD OF TREATING FLUIDS

摘要

A fluid treating apparatus (10) and method for treating fluid to remove undesirable constituents contained therein. The apparatus (10) and method include employing a bed of metal particulate matter (18). The metal particulate matter (18) is preferably chosen from metal having: favorable redox potentials relative to the redox potentials of the undesirable constituents so as to establish conditions for spontaneous oxidation and reduction reactions between the undesirable constituents and the metal particles (18) and/or having bacteriostatic or bactericidal properties in the case where the undesirable constituent sought to be treated is a bacteria.