EDI m hada electrolysis da kuma ion musayar fasahar, amfani da biyu karshen lantarki high karfin wutar lantarki don yin tafiya da ions a cikin ruwa, da kuma aiki tare da ion musayar resin da zaɓi resin membrane don hanzarta ion motsi cirewa, don haka cimma manufar tsabtace ruwa. A lokacin EDI kawar da gishiri, an cire ions ta hanyar ion musayar membrane a karkashin aikin filin lantarki. A lokaci guda, kwayoyin ruwa suna samar da hydrogen ions da hydrogen ions a ƙarƙashin aikin filin lantarki, waɗanda ke ci gaba da sabunta resin musayar ion don kiyaye resin musayar ion.

A cikin 'yan shekarun nan, fasahar musayar ion mai haɗuwa (D) ta kasance daidaitaccen tsari don shirya ruwa mai tsabta. Saboda yana buƙatar sake sakewa na yau da kullun da kuma cinye yawan magungunan sinadarai (acid-alkali) da ruwan masana'antu mai tsabta yayin sakewa, kuma yana haifar da wasu matsalolin muhalli, yana buƙatar haɓaka tsarin ruwa mai tsabta mai tsabta. Saboda musayar ion ta gargajiya ba ta iya biyan bukatun masana'antu na zamani da kare muhalli ba, fasahar EDI ta haɗa membrane, resin da ka'idodin lantarki ta zama juyin juya halin fasahar sarrafa ruwa. Amfani da sake dawo da resin na musayar ion shine wutar lantarki, ba tare da buƙatar acid da alkali ba, don haka ya fi gamsuwa da buƙatun kare muhalli na duniya ta yau.