John HAEGEMAN is the founder of the company and inventor of the AQUA TURBO™ equipment.
In 1975 he started his own company AQUASYSTEMS BVBA and operated as distributor for foreign equipment manufacturers for BELGIUM.

In 1980 John invented an efficient direct drive surface aerator and patent applications were entered in BELGIUM and in 1981 in different countries in the world.
All of them have been granted and the trademark AQUA TURBO™ has been internationally registered.

In 1984 commercialisation was started and in 1985 AQUASYSTEMS INTERNATIONAL NV was founded for manufacturing and world-wide sales of the AQUA TURBO™ direct drive surface aerator and construction of industrial waste water treatment plants in the BENELUX.
AQUASYSTEMS INTERNATIONAL NV built its own unique outdoor test facility in HALLE, BELGIUM next to the manufacturing area involving 2 concrete basins of 16 x 16 m and 8 x 8 m both 4,55 m deep, overhead crane for 5 Ton and 9 m high, electric balancing stand and all instrumentation such as several oxygen meters, energy analysers, compubalance, etc....