“Air to Water” Tech Hits Texas Homes: Aquaria Featured on KXAN
Texas is no stranger to water shortages. Between booming population growth and back-to-back droughts, more families are worried about where their water is coming from. But what if you could make water from thin air—right on your own property?
That’s exactly what KXAN covered in their February 2024 feature on Aquaria, spotlighting how our Hydropack systems are helping Texans take control of their water future.
“There Are 39 Million Billion Gallons of Water in the Air”
That’s how our co-founder, Brian Sheng, put it. And with the Hydropack system—a machine about the size of a Coke vending machine—we’re capturing that invisible water. The machine pulls in air, cools it down to create condensation (just like morning dew on grass), and filters it through a six-stage process to make it safe to drink.
In fact, Aquaria’s smaller unit, the Hydropixel, can sit inside your home and make up to 24 gallons a day, while our largest model, the Hydropack X, produces over 240 gallons daily.
Built With Texas in Mind
Brian and his brother Eric Sheng, who co-founded Aquaria, have personal roots in water-stressed communities. They saw the effects of pollution and scarcity firsthand—and developed this technology to give families a way to create clean, independent water supplies, no matter what the local pipes are doing.
Aquaria systems are already making an impact across Texas, with units operating in multiple communities—including installations in the Austin area and the growing town of Manor. These early deployments are laying the groundwork for much larger rollouts already in motion across the state.
Affordable, Scalable, and Built for the Climate
Prices for Aquaria’s home systems start around $10,000, and while performance improves in humid air, our systems can still work in drier regions like West Texas. As long as it’s not freezing, there’s water to be pulled.
As Eric Sheng shared, “We really envision ourselves to be supplying water for entire cities, for entire communities.”
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