What Hydro Gate does

Hydro Gate is a U.S. manufacturer of heavy-duty, custom-built water control gates, operating as a brand within Henry Pratt Company, LLC, a subsidiary of Mueller Water Products, Inc. (NYSE: MWA). Founded in 1901 and headquartered in Denver, Colorado, the company designs and produces a complete line of cast iron slide gates, fabricated slide and weir gates, flap gates, roller gates, radial gates, stop logs, bulk head gates, over shot gates, and hand pull gates, complemented by lift and lift accessories. Its products control fluid flow in raw water intake, wastewater treatment, flood control, power plant cooling water, irrigation, and environmental applications, with sealing systems using UHMW polyethylene, neoprene, or EPDM to achieve near-zero leakage under high seating and unseating head conditions.

The company's products are 100% custom-engineered to project specifications rather than sold as standard catalog items, supported by an in-house engineering staff and a recently expanded manufacturing footprint in Kimball, Tennessee. Revenue is generated via direct hardware sales under a quotation-based, multi-year contract pricing model with no published price lists. Go-to-market is an enterprise field-sales motion organized through regional territory managers and manufacturer's representatives, supplemented by a dedicated customer service line (800-678-8228) in Denver and a separate international sales channel. End customers span municipal water and wastewater utilities, large-scale infrastructure projects (dams, levees, flood control), power generation, agricultural irrigation, and environmental facilities such as fish hatcheries.

Hydro Gate benefits from over a century of accumulated design and manufacturing know-how, a strong brand reputation in specification-driven infrastructure procurement, and portfolio-level distribution leverage from its parent Mueller Water Products. Constraints include dependence on lumpy public infrastructure capital cycles, no disclosed direct-to-customer digital channel, and the absence of standalone financial reporting given its position as a non-listed brand within the MWA corporate structure.

Name

Hydro Gate

Legal name

Henry Pratt Company, LLC

Website

https://hydrogate.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1901

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Hydro Gate, founded in 1901 and based in Denver, Colorado, is a brand under Mueller Water Products (NYSE: MWA) that designs and manufactures 100% custom-built heavy-duty water control gates for municipal water and wastewater utilities, dams, power plants, irrigation systems, and environmental facilities across North America and select international markets.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Water Control Gates

akta.pro primary industry

Raw Water Conveyance & Transmission (Aqueducts, Mains, Pumping Stations) (EUANAAAB)

akta.pro secondary industry

Hydro BOP Civil & Water Conveyance (Dams, Spillways, Penstocks, Canals) (EUAMAFAG)

Keywords

• Water control gates
• Slide gate manufacturing
• Wastewater flow control
• Flood control infrastructure
• Custom fabricated gates

Headquarters

HQ city

Denver

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Supply Chain, Operations, Personnel, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Water Control Gates Sales: Manufacture and sale of custom heavy-duty water control gates including cast iron, fabricated, flap, radial, roller, and specialty gates. Revenue derived from product sales with short lead times for cast products. Products are 100% custom-built to customer specifications.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Hydro Gate manufactures and sells 100% custom-built, heavy-duty water control gates for raw water and wastewater applications. The product line includes cast iron slide gates, fabricated slide and weir gates, flap gates, roller gates, radial gates, stop logs, bulk head gates, over shot gates, and hand pull gates, plus lift accessories. Products are engineered to specific head, flow, and site requirements and are sold to municipal utilities, infrastructure projects, power generation, agricultural irrigation, and environmental customers through an enterprise field sales network.

Product overview

Hydro Gate, a subsidiary of Mueller Water Products (NYSE: MWA), offers a complete product line of industrial water control gates. The product portfolio centers on gate-type flow control equipment including Cast Iron Slide Gates (HG560), Fabricated Slide & Weir Gates (HG561), Flap Gates, Roller Gates, Radial Gates, Over Shot Gates, Stop Logs, Bulk Head Gates, and Hand Pull Gates, complemented by Lift & Lift Accessories. All gates are 100% custom-built to match specific applications for raw water and wastewater control across municipal, industrial, and environmental sectors. The company operates manufacturing facilities in Kimball, Tennessee and provides engineering, field services, and customer support from its Denver, Colorado headquarters.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Cast Iron Slide Gate (HG560) Heavy-duty water control gate used to control fluid flow through openings under seating or unseating head conditions. Designed for high seating head applications with custom casting design and analysis capabilities; targeted at municipal waterworks, wastewater, and industrial water control.
• Fabricated Slide & Weir Gates (HG561) Custom-designed slide gates manufactured with extruded profiles, structural members, and brake-formed plate, equipped with UHMW seals for open channel or aperture-type flow control applications including flow measurement and water elevation control.
• Flap Gates Water control gates made of cast iron, stainless steel, aluminum, or rubber that automatically open with differential pressure to allow discharge and close to prevent backflow; used in levees, sewer lines, drainage conduits, and pump discharge control applications.
• Hand Pull Gates Economical stop gates featuring extruded or brake-formed plate sections for water diversion in rectangular channels, equipped with aluminum or stainless steel plates and manual handles for opening.
• Stop Logs Beam-style level control devices for open channels, available in 6-inch nominal height increments, with aluminum construction, rubber lip seals for wall and sill sealing, and self-engaging log handling devices.
• Bulk Head Gates Steel or stainless steel fabricated gates designed for placement in channel wall slots with overhead crane operation, used for equipment isolation including pumps and screens, featuring rubber seals and UHMW polyethylene wear and guide blocks for near-zero leakage control.
• Roller Gates Water control gates with fabricated steel slides, cast iron rollers, and rubber seals designed for large waterway openings; box-like welded construction gate leaf suitable for power plant cooling water, municipal waterworks, flood control, and irrigation systems.
• Radial Gates Drum-section designed gates for wide clear waterway openings where pressure transfers through curved faces to radial arms and bearing supports; lightweight, economical gates for irrigation, dam spillways, and drainage canals.
• Over Shot Gates Overflow-style adjustable weirs featuring rectangular steel panels hinged at the bottom with cable operation, used for upstream water level control via manual or electrical operation in irrigation applications.
• Lift & Lift Accessories Gate lifting devices ranging from simple handwheel lifts to electrically operated units with torque and limit switches or hydraulic cylinders, with selection depending on gate size, unbalanced head, speed of travel, and operation frequency.

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Mueller Water Products, Inc.parent companyOthersHydro Gate is a brand and product line of Mueller Water Products, Inc. (NYSE: MWA), a publicly traded Delaware corporation. Mueller Water Products is a leading manufacturer and marketer of products used in the transmission, distribution, and measurement of water in North America. The company includes multiple subsidiary brands including Mueller, Echologics, Hydro Gate, Hydro-Guard, HYMAX, i2O, Krausz, Jones, Mi.Net, Milliken, Pratt, Pratt Industrial, Sentryx, Singer, and U.S. Pipe Valve & Hydrant.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Waterman Industries: US-based manufacturer of water control gates, slide gates, and related hydraulic infrastructure equipment with decades of presence in the irrigation, flood-control, and water-treatment markets. Closely comparable to Hydro Gate in product range, custom-build model, and North American customer base.
• Fresno Valves & Castings: US-based manufacturer of gate valves, butterfly valves, and fabricated water-control equipment for municipal water, wastewater, and irrigation systems. Directly comparable in cast and fabricated metal water-control products serving similar utility and infrastructure customers.
• VAG Group: German-based global manufacturer of valves, gates, and flow-control equipment for water and wastewater applications. Directly comparable product portfolio (slide gates, flap valves, penstocks) and serves the same municipal and industrial water infrastructure market as Hydro Gate.
• Orbinox: Spanish-headquartered global manufacturer of slide gates, penstocks, knife gate valves, and related water-control equipment. Directly comparable to Hydro Gate in product taxonomy, custom-engineering approach, and target customers across water/wastewater and industrial infrastructure.

Broad incumbents

• AVK Holding: Danish-headquartered global manufacturer of valves, hydrants, and fittings for water and wastewater networks. Broader portfolio than Hydro Gate but overlapping in gate and flow-control equipment for municipal water infrastructure, serving many of the same utility customers worldwide.
• Mueller Water Products: Publicly traded parent company of Hydro Gate (NYSE: MWA) and owner of complementary water infrastructure brands including Pratt, Singer, and U.S. Pipe Valve & Hydrant. Included as the relevant broad incumbent context for evaluating Hydro Gate's positioning within its parent's portfolio.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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