ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,722,121, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to Evoqua Water Technologies LLC (Pittsburgh).

"Chlorine tolerance of continuous electrodeionization modules" was invented by Seveing Doung (Lowell, Mass.) and Jonathan H. Wood (Needham, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Electrochemical water treatment devices are disclosed. The device includes a feed inlet fluidly connectable to a source of water including dissolved silica and a chlorine-containing compound and an electrochemical separation module fluidly connectable to the feed inlet. The electrochemical separation module includes a dilution compartment, a concentration compartment, an ion ex...