Hydro Solutions came to Laredo in recent years hoping to serve locals who have faced…
One company is trying to make sure more Laredoans have access to clean water at a time when the city’s water system has been heavily questioned.
Hydro Solutions is a fairly new company which was formed around the height of the pandemic, although their products have been available on the market for some time before turning into a service-oriented business.
Hydro Solutions is the main distributor of Maytag in Texas. It saw how Laredo and all of South Texas would be a good business venture considering the importance of water cleanliness in the area.
“We are Hydro Solutions, a water refining system company, as we help out with one of the most important elements in the world,” said Bryan Castillo, marketing director for Hydro Solutions and Zero Energy. “We are very, very dependent of this element, and it is very sad how the situation is right now with water not only in South Texas but everywhere around the world.
“Do you really know what is in your water and your tap water when you are drinking it? Our water refining system focuses on cleaning everything, and all the carcinogenics, arsenic, chloroform and all of those chemicals that can be in your water. So they can be filtered out for you, and we can have it cleaned up for you so you can use it to wash your clothes, take a shower and drink.”
Castillo said that with the water situation leading to several city-wide boil water notices over the past couple of years, it has made the need for these kinds of services and products more important than ever before.
“The water crisis here in Laredo a couple of years ago, and still sometimes an ongoing event, is due to the fact that they are trying to get everything clean,” Castillo said. “Even though the government strategy is to get the water clean and available for everybody to use it, the process they have to go through in order to get the water clean involves a lot of chemicals. Even though they are doing the right thing and getting the water available to everybody, there is a bunch of chemicals in the water, which is why we consider it important to have the water refining system to filter out the dirty water.”
Through their process, Castillo says they refine the water by getting the pH levels at an optimal level where they kill of any contaminants and then filter out the chemicals in efforts to make it into what they call soft water. Soft water is beneficial because it allows people to get cleaner skin and home appliances and pipes to last longer, and it makes water safer to drink for people and pets.
“What we have right now is hard water,” Castillo said. “Has it ever happen to you that you wash your whites let’s say and they come out not very clean after all, and they appear stained or that they are deteriorated? That is the main reason why having soft water at your house is important.”
Overall, Castillo said the response they have gotten from he Laredo community since opening two years ago has been very positive. He said the company has been able to install over 2,500 water systems throughout the city.
Castillo said once people do business with the company, Hydro Solutions takes care of the filter changes, fixes anything that might go wrong with the product and inputs salt into the systems if the clients want to put some into their containers.
“A lot of people love the system because mainly you feel the difference. Everything is about making a change and trying something else different,” Castillo said. “Whenever you go with soft water, you will want to keep it that way. Most of clients say that. Whenever you shower, it’s like going to a spa or to those kinds of places where you can get treatment for your skin, for your hair and everything. We expect tremendous growth for this 2023.”