Our History
Take a tour through the history of AquaPoint by clicking through the slideshow below.
- Founded by Craig Lindell and John Lafreniere1992
- The first residential and commercial Bioclere treatment systems were delivered in Yarmouth, Massachusetts. The commercial system was for a Stop & Shop Plaza, the first of 23 installs for the New England market chain1992
- Expanded into the Southeastern U.S. with installations in Georgia & North Carolina1995
- The Bioclere was tested, and ultimately certified in both the NSF/ANSI 40 and the U.S. EPA Environmental Technology Verification protocols1999-2002
- Installed our first Moving Bed Biofilm Reactors (MBBRs) at Taconic Farms in Germantown, NY.2002
- Awarded the contract to supply .250 MGD of treatment systems to the U.S. Navy’s expansive Training Command at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. 17 Biocleres across 7 different sites were installed2004
- Acquired the intellectual and proprietary property of Hydroxyl Systems and began marketing & manufacturing Moving Bed Biofilm Reactors (MBBRs) in the U.S. and Caribbean2005
- Invited to participate in a U.S. EPA Reuse Pilot Study. The Bioclere proved to be far and away the most energy efficient and cost effective when compared to competitors2006
- The first Bioclere-OH system was installed at an apartment complex in Hyde Park, NY, an application designed for surface discharge2009
- Implementation of our first water reuse project at a WalMart in Mexico2010
- Collaborated with C.S. Davidson Engineers and TAH Construction for a 0.3 MGD avg/0.6 MGD peak ENR (<8 TN, < 1 TP) treatment system project for the rural municipality of Fairfield, PA2011
- Collaborated with Xerxes Corporation to create fully integrated line of prefabricated MBBR/IFAS treatment systens in underground FRP tanks2012
- Winner of 2016 LEEDS Home Project of the year for a Bioclere system in downtown Portland, OR2016
- AquaPoint has delivered over 1700 Bioclere units to 700 project sites2019