A method for lysing and generating precipitate in a target material comprising animal fluids, blood, blood cells, nucleated blood cells, non-nucleated blood cells, cell components, microbes, bacteria, viruses, spores, fungi, and/or prions, to reduce or eliminate constituents selected from the group consisting of total dissolved solids (TDS), total suspended solids (TSS), BOD, minerals, proteins, microbes and combinations thereof so that the constituents can be separated from the target material, the method comprising creating an augmented oxidizing agent (AOA), by exposing at least one oxidizing agent to radiation with a wavelength from 0.01 nm to 845 nm the AOA contains electronically modified oxygen derivatives (EMODs) at a greater concentration then non-irradiated oxidizing agents, and subjecting the AOA to the target material.