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PureTex Water Works Partners With Krones to Build One of the Largest Purified Drinking Water Facilities in the World.

Houston, TX (January 18, 2006) KRONES, the market leader in turnkey solutions is pleased to announce their partnership with PureTex Water Works on their current high speed water bottling Plant. This is one of the largest projects in the history of Krones worldwide. PureTex Water Works, a purified water bottler in Wharton County, Texas, will invest in ten complete high-speed bottling and packaging lines from Krones.

Each state-of-the-art water line will feature a Contiform S40K blow-molding machine for PET bottles, VODM-PET Filler, Contiroll wrap-around labeler, ariopac tray-film-shrink packers, and Pressant Universal palletizers.

The first lines will be in operation by the end of 2006. This premier facility will allow PureTex Water Works to hire 380 new employees and expand its long-term commitment to the South Texas communities to provide clean, local, low-cost drinking water.

PURETEX WATER, and its natural resource affiliates and subsidiaries, currently delivers naturally pure drinking water from deep pristine aquifers, and natural gas, to South Texas. PureTex is based in the United States and has been established in Texas since 1974. This is their first step in expanding its customer base to include international markets.

KRONES is the world leader in the manufacture of comprehensive, integrated, wet/dry-end, packaging and bottling systems. Its products include PET bottle stretch blow molders; palletizers and depalletizers; packers and unpackers; robot packing; robot palletizing; tray / shrink packers; carton handling systems; bottle washers, bottle rinsers, and CIP systems; fillers / closures, mixers, blenders, carbonators, and pasteurizers; inspection systems; labelers, sleevers, and tamper-evident banders; and conveying systems for containers, packs, and pallets.

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American PureTex Water COMPANY ANNOUNCES
WORLD’s LARGEST BOTTLED WATER PLANT

Houston , TX (January 13, 2005). The Board of Directors of American PureTex Water Corporation today announced its intent to construct the world’s largest bottled water plant, which in turn will create approximately 380 sustainable jobs in rural South Central Texas.

Dr. George Abbey, Chairman Emeritus of Houston-based PureTex Water, indicated that “PureTex is in an excellent position to provide major economic development and sustainable jobs in its operating area - and in doing so will utilize only a fraction of its available natural resources.” He continued, “Our objective is to become the largest, lowest cost, highest-quality bottled water producer in the world.” PureTex will commence the site selection process immediately and will locate the plant in either Austin, Colorado, or Wharton counties. The plant will source its production water from area wells owned by PureTex and/or its development partners.

The water from these well fields have been independently characterized as high-yield, extremely pure, and is sourced from a historically high recharge zone. PureTex Water has already attracted interest from major bottled water OEM distributors, and has received quotations for construction, which call for the plant to be completed 11 months after breaking ground. Date of first production is expected in the first quarter of 2006. The facility will employ approximately 380 people and produce at an estimated capacity of 150 million cases of one-half (½) liter bottles of water per year.

About American PureTex Water Corporation

American PureTex Water Corporation is a privately held concern owned by natural resource conservationists that understand the long term importance of safe clean high quality drinking water.

For more information visit our website at http://www.puretexwater.com

Company Contact: George Ingram III

Phone: (713) 298-0181

Fax: (281) 596-4506

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American PureTex Water Announces the acquisition of rights to 24 trillion gallons of high yield drinking water for south texas Cities

June 11, 2004

The Board of Directors of American PureTex Water Corporation (“PureTex Water”) today announced that its shareholders have unanimously approved the tax free exchange of its shares to acquire existing water rights, along with additional oil and gas interests in Austin, Colorado and Wharton Counties, located west of Houston, Texas.

“This acquisition places PureTex Water in an ideal position to serve the future needs of South Texas cities with clean, high-yield drinking water”, according to Mr. George Abbey, Chairman of PureTex Water and former head of NASA’s Manned Space Program. “This merger will provide PureTex Water with an estimated 24 trillion gallons of static water reserves”.

Recent gulf coast water aquifer modeling studies completed by the Texas Water Development Board confirm the high yield capabilities of the Choate and Evangeline aquifer sands which are located within the PureTex Water operating area. These aquifers range from 750 to 1250 feet thick with very high conductivity and transmissibility.

Mr. Herschell Wilkenfeld, long-time Houston resident, mineral rights owner and a founding member of PureTex Water said, “The past 25 years of Houston’s oil and gas development history have prepared us for this time. In the 1970’s we were fortunate to recognize the strategic importance of water during the course of our primary natural gas exploration efforts. Today the converse is true as we will be utilizing shallow natural gas reserves in our operating area to enable self-sufficient production of our substantial water resources.”

About American PureTex Water Corporation

 American PureTex Water Corporation is privately held, owned by natural resource conservationists who understand the long-term importance of safe, clean, high-quality drinking water needed to meet the growing needs of South Texas communities. For more information visit our website at http://www.puretexwater.com or call 512-848-8484.