Method and apparatus for preventing scale deposits and removing contaminants from fluid columns

A method of fluid treatment, comprising the steps of:

• (a) establishing a flow of a fluid to be treated along a path, the path extending through a fluid entry port at the proximal end of a conduit having a serial coupling of conduit segments including a non-magnetically conductive conduit segment positioned between two magnetically conductive conduit segments;
• (b) directing the flow of the fluid along a path extending through a treatment vessel having an input port, a fluid impervious boundary wall downstream of the fluid inlet port and a fluid outlet port downstream of the fluid impervious boundary wall;
• (c) establishing a magnetic field having lines of flux directed along the flow path of the fluid and concentrated adjacent to the non-magnetically conductive conduit segment;
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• (d) establishing pulsed fluid treatment proximate at least one region within the treatment vessel.