Our mission is measurable: remove 1 billion single-use plastic bottles from circulation by 2035. Through 2025, HYDR8 customers have removed roughly 118 million, verified machine by machine, 6.6 million pounds of waste kept out of landfills. One machine, one organization, one billion bottles at a time. Track every number at sustainability.hydr8.us.
We don’t ask for trust up front. We earn it with response times, maintenance schedules, and published numbers. Here’s what every HYDR8 customer can hold us to.
Ralph Marucci and Eric Saga started HYDR8 in Brooklyn in 2017 because offices deserved better water and a partner who actually shows up. 2,500+ customers later, they still run the day-to-day operations and logistics, and still lead the team toward that billion-bottle mission.
Not all water filtration is created equal. Most providers install one or two basic filters and call it a day. Every HYDR8 water machine is built with up to five stages of advanced filtration, plus self-cleaning technology that keeps your water clean long after it passes through the filters.
Every drop passes through up to 6 stages before it reaches your glass.
Sediment Filter
Removes dirt, silt, and pipe rust
Pre-Carbon Block
Reduces chlorine, chemicals, and pesticides
Lead/UF/RO Membrane
Reduces lead, mercury, arsenic, and nano-plastics
Invigor8 Boost™
optionalAdds potassium, calcium, and magnesium. Increases alkalinity.
Final Polishing Filter
Coconut shell carbon polishes water for great taste
Ozone Tank Sanitization
Continuous self-cleaning. Superior to UV technology.
Every machine starts with a sediment filter and pre-carbon block filter to remove dirt, silt, chlorine, and chemicals. From there, we add targeted filtration based on your water conditions, including lead and cyst removal, reverse osmosis for high dissolved solids, and activated carbon refinement. We test your water and build the right setup for your location.
Filtration is only half the equation. After water passes through the filters, it sits in a holding tank before it reaches your glass. Our machines use ozone (O3) or ultraviolet light to continuously sanitize the internal tank, preventing bacteria and biofilm from building up between filter changes.
Want more than just clean water? Our optional Invigor8 Boost™ filter adds healthy electrolytes, including potassium, calcium, and magnesium, back into your water while increasing alkalinity. It does not remove anything. It only adds the good stuff back in.
Most water filtration companies install a sediment filter, sometimes a carbon block filter, and stop there. That removes visible particles and chlorine, but it does not address lead, mercury, arsenic, or micro-plastics.
Over time, the contaminants that pass through basic filtration build up inside and outside the machine. This leads to more frequent service calls, degraded machine performance, and water quality issues you can actually see: floating white, brown, or black particles, or cloudiness in your drinking water.
If your current provider cannot tell you exactly how many filtration stages are in your machine and what each one removes, it may be time for a conversation.