Alkaline Hydrolysis is the technical name for our process. We decided to use Water Cremation because it felt the clearest of the terms out there. Confusingly, there are many other names used to describe the same thing — Resomation, Aquamation, Bio Cremation, Fireless Cremation, Green Cremation, and Dissolution. We hope the whole industry can agree on a single term at some point soon. Until then, we’re going with Water Cremation.

Yes! At the end of a water cremation, you will receive an urn full of cremated remains similar to what you would get from a flame cremation, with a couple of small differences: There will be about 20% more cremated remains at the end of the process; and because no flames are involved, the remains themselves are white instead of gray.

No! This is a common misconception. Water Cremation uses potassium hydroxide, which is at the opposite end of the pH scale from acid. Potassium hydroxide makes up 2.5% of the Earth’s crust and is commonly used in cleaning and cosmetic products. We use approximately 95% water and 5% potassium hydroxide in our process.