A Gentler Alternative
Water cremation — the most natural process available.
Water cremation uses gentle chemistry instead of flame. It’s the same natural process that occurs when a body returns to the earth, simply accelerated — and it returns approximately 30 to 40 percent more of your companion to you than flame-based cremation.
What It Is
The same chemistry as nature, simply accelerated.
Water cremation — formally called alkaline hydrolysis — uses water, gentle alkalinity, and time to return a body to its natural elements. There is no flame, no smoke, no greenhouse-gas emissions.
It is the same process that happens naturally when a body returns to the earth over time. Water cremation accelerates that process in a closed, dignified, sterile environment — and returns more of your companion to your family at the end.
The cremated remains returned to your family are lighter in color and finer in texture than flame cremated remains — but in every other way, they are exactly what your family expects. Safe to handle. Safe to keep, scatter, or memorialize as your family chooses.
Why It Matters
A more natural goodbye.
No flame, no smoke, no emissions
Water cremation is a fully enclosed process. There is no combustion, so no greenhouse gases and no air pollutants of any kind.
More of your companion returns to you
Water cremation returns approximately 30 to 40 percent more cremated remains than flame-based cremation — meaning more of your companion comes home.
Quieter, gentler, more dignified
The process is silent. There is no roar of a flame, no shaking of a chamber — just slow, natural chemistry doing what it would do in nature.
Closer to the earth
Water cremation mirrors the way bodies have always returned to the earth. We’ve simply built a way to do it with dignity and on a timeline that lets your family have closure.
Talk through what water cremation means for your family.
We’re happy to answer any question — and to walk you through the process step by step.