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Methods are disclosed including a method for performing phase separation of an aqueous-based mixture, including passing an amount of a first aqueous-based mixture through a magnetically conductive conduit having magnetic energy directed along the longitudinal axis of the conduit and extending through at least a portion of the first aqueous-based mixture thereby providing a conditioned aqueous-based medium; establishing a flow of an amount of the conditioned aqueous-based medium through at least one separation apparatus having a capacity to extract at least one of a solid material and a hydrocarbon material from water in the conditioned aqueous-based medium; and separating at least one of a hydrocarbon phase and a solid phase from water in the conditioned aqueous-based medium, wherein at least one of the solid phase and the hydrocarbon phase separates from water in the conditioned aqueous-based medium at an increased rate.

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