. >> reporter: francisco rivero is the founder of pacific internment and lazzaro's dad. >> when he broughtif you're going to be cremated, i'm going to be the one doing it, and i don't want to do it, right? so we had a little -- not a conflict, but just a discussion over this whole thing. and within a year of that conversation he was reading about this new process. >> reporter: that process is acclimation, also commonly called aqua mags, alkaline hydrolysis, or water cremation. >> this is flame cremation here, this is water cremation here, the yin and yang. >> reporter: this machine is only the second one licensed by california, one of 28 states are this process is legal. >> and this is where the hot water comes in. >> reporter: it required just two ingredients. >> it's hot water mixed with potassium hydroxide flakes, which are these right here. >> reporter: a body is loaded into the machine. >> and then that's how you keep it locked up, because there's an enormous amount of pressure in the machine during the process. >> reporter: after three to four hours with 200 gallons of water basicall

. >> reporter: francisco rivero is the founder of pacific internment and lazzaro's dad. >> when he broughtidea, well, if you're going to be cremated, i'm going to be the one doing it, and i don't want to do it, right? so we had a little -- not a conflict, but just a discussion over this whole thing. and within a year of that conversation he was reading about this new process. >> reporter: that process is acclimation, also commonly called aqua mags, alkaline hydrolysis, or water cremation. >> this is flame cremation here, this is water cremation here, the yin and yang. >> reporter: this machine is only the second one licensed by california, one of 28 states are this process is legal. >> and this is where the hot water comes in. >> reporter: it required just two ingredients. >> it's hot water mixed with potassium hydroxide flakes, which are these right here. >> reporter: a body is loaded into the machine. >> and then that's how you keep it locked up, because there's an enormous amount of pressure in the machine during the process. >> reporter: after three to four hours with 200 gallons of wa