Appliance with split-electrode water filtration assembly

An appliance, the appliance comprising:

• a manifold comprising a water inlet and a water outlet, wherein a supply conduit is fluidly coupled to the water inlet to flow water to a water filtration assembly, and wherein a return conduit is fluidly coupled to the water outlet to flow water from the water filtration assembly;
• a conductive electrode electrically coupled to a power delivery system, the conductive electrode positioned in fluid communication with water upstream of the water inlet, and wherein the water filtration assembly is downstream of the conductive electrode;
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• the water filtration assembly comprising a housing comprising a fluid inlet opening fluidly coupled to receive water from the water inlet, and wherein the housing comprises a fluid outlet opening fluidly coupled to the water outlet to provide water to the water outlet, and wherein the filtration media is positioned in the housing in serial fluid arrangement between the fluid inlet opening and the fluid outlet opening,
• wherein the filtration media is electrically coupled to the power delivery system, the power delivery system configured to selectively deliver controlled voltage or current output to the conductive electrode and the filtration media, and wherein the power delivery system is configured to selectively apply a potential difference between the conductive electrode forming a first electrode and the filtration media forming a second electrode.