Nephros, Inc. has announced its entry into the Puerto Rican market, targeting high-need applications including ice machines, drinking fountains, bottle fillers, and sterile processing environments. The water technology company estimates the Puerto Rican market presents a $10 million opportunity across various sectors, with significant unmet needs in waterborne pathogen and contaminant control.
The company's expansion addresses what it identifies as a massively underserved market for reliable, high-quality filtration, particularly in environments where bacteria and harmful contaminants in water can have serious consequences. With increasing focus on public health, waterborne pathogen risk, and infrastructure-driven water quality challenges, Nephros believes its infection-control filtration solutions serve an unmet need in Puerto Rico.
Nephros plans to differentiate itself by offering rapid response and fulfillment from a dedicated inventory network, on-site installation and scheduled filter replacements, and customer support and technical documentation in Spanish. The company's point-of-use filtration targets microbial control and regulated drinking water contaminants such as lead and PFAS. This localized approach ensures compliance, reliability, and ease of use for customers across the island.
The market breakdown reveals specific sector opportunities: healthcare represents $3 million, foodservice $3 million, hotels $1 million, other hospitality $1 million, and service contracts and replacements $1 million. Nephros' filtration solutions offer safeguards to support point-of-use purification for drinking water equipment, plumbing outlets, and instrument processing across these key sectors.
Robert Banks, President and CEO of Nephros, stated that the company's entry into Puerto Rico is a natural extension of its core strategy of leveraging best-in-class technology and execution to meet critical water safety needs. The move aligns with Nephros' broader growth strategy of expanding into adjacent markets beyond traditional patient care to support water safety within hospitality and foodservice.
For more information about Nephros, please visit https://nephros.com. The latest news and updates relating to Nephros are available in the company's newsroom at https://tinyurl.com/nephnewsroom.
