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What are the ingredients in a 'water cremation?'

Warm water mixed with caustic lye dissolves body tissue over the course of a few hours.

What remains are there after this procedure?

Much like cremation, only bone fragments survive the process. These are ground up into 'ashes' that can be taken home.

Is Alkaline Hydrolysis legal where I live?

Only New Hampshire has a law banning Alkaline Hydrolysis, but no one offers the service in Idaho, Kansas, Maryland, or Vermont.

It is both legal and available in Alabama, California, Connecticut, Florida, Illinois, Michigan, Minnesota, Nevada, North Carolina, Oregon, Utah, and Washington.

Can I still have a memorial service?

Of course! But you obviously wouldn't need embalming, a casket, a vault or your best outfit.

What happens to the water solution at the end of the process?

Like the removed blood and viscera from an embalming, it is drained into the municipal sewer system.

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