Zip Water turns 80 next year. Most of that history is engineering nobody sees: boilers, heat exchange, filtration, and the slow work of making instant hot water reliable enough for a commercial kitchen and a family home alike.
HydroTap arrived in 1996, about fifty years in. By combining instant filtered boiling and chilled water in a single air-cooled under-counter system, it changed what people could expect from a tap, and it became the product Zip Water is best known for.
Over the past 30 years, HydroTap has evolved alongside the way we design and use the built environment. As priorities shifted toward sustainability, wellness, and integrated design, the technology advanced with them: better water at the point of use, reducing reliance on single-use plastics, and a form that belongs in the room rather than sitting beside it.
Today HydroTap is specified in workplaces, iconic venues, hospitality destinations, and premium homes around the world. Three decades in, it still holds the benchmark it set.
Designed for the way we live today
The expectations of today’s built environments continue to evolve. Whether creating a workplace that supports employee wellbeing, a luxury hospitality destination that elevates the guest experience, an iconic venue serving thousands each day, or a premium home designed for everyday living, the demand is the same: solutions that seamlessly combine performance, sustainability and exceptional design.
HydroTap has evolved to meet those expectations. Trusted across commercial and residential environments alike, it brings together commercial-grade performance, refined aesthetics and intuitive functionality in a single integrated solution. The result is technology that works effortlessly behind the scenes, enhancing the experience of water while complementing the architecture and design of every space.
Supporting More Sustainable Spaces
As sustainability has become an increasingly important consideration in design, so too has the role water plays in supporting it.
By providing instant access to filtered boiling, chilled and sparkling water at the point of use, HydroTap encourages refill culture and helps reduce reliance on single-use plastic bottles. In commercial settings, a single HydroTap can help eliminate more than 130,000 plastic bottles over its lifetime, while environmental credentials help support green building initiatives and broader sustainability goals.
It’s an approach that demonstrates how thoughtful innovation can deliver meaningful impact, without compromising convenience or design.
Elevating Water Quality
Water is one of the most frequently experienced elements within a space, yet its quality is often overlooked. Over the past three decades, HydroTap has continually advanced its filtration technology to deliver cleaner, better-tasting water with confidence. Today, its advanced filtration is certified to reduce up to 99.4% of eight of the most harmful contaminants, including PFAS and microplastics, helping create spaces where people can enjoy every glass with greater peace of mind.
For specifiers and homeowners alike, exceptional water quality isn’t simply an amenity. It’s an investment in the everyday experience.
The Next Chapter
Thirty years of HydroTap is more than a milestone. It reflects a legacy of continually raising the standard for premium water.
As Zip Water approaches its 80th anniversary next year, that legacy continues to inspire what’s next. New innovations are on the horizon, building on three decades of purposeful advancement to further elevate performance, design and the experience of water.
The first 30 years established a new benchmark.
The next chapter is already taking shape.
