Ryan Beltrán spent the past 5 years learning about water treatment and the potential of a process called electrocoagulation. Through Ryan the technology has been analyzed at SouthWest Research Institute and the University of Texas at San Antonio with positive results. Ryan won the Clean Tech Sustainability award and the San Antonio Current's Inventor of the year in 2014.

"Elequa, might hold the key to developing a solution to end the global water crisis." According to the American Water Works Association's DrinkTap.Org.

Now Ryan has vowed to make the designs and technology free and available through the open source movement. This year Ryan has worked with local makerspace 10BitWorks and Les Hall to design water coagulator open source units for under $50 with 3D printed designs, arduinos, and locally sourced parts. They have a workshop scheduled for SXSW Eco in 2015 to teach the public how to build the coagulator themselves.