About Our Company

Know Who We Are

We’ve been in the pool industry for 28 years. Nineteen years ago, we started concentrating on local city pool projects. As a mid-sized pool contractor, our for-profit entity started helping with smaller community pools.

TROY DERHEIM

CEO - Aquatics Empowered

Troy Derheim came to Fargo, ND in 1991 after deployment in Iraq during Operation Desert Storm and an honorable discharge from the US Army.
Troy, a native of Minot, ND, returned to the state pursuing his bachelor’s degree in Construction Management. During his college years he started a part-time business called Tubs of Fun! which grew into the full-time entity My Aquatic Services of today.
In addition to his time at NDSU Troy retuned to college in 1998 and earned a Business Management degree from the University of Mary.

My Aquatic Services is a specialty aquatic development company for the pool, spa, and aquatic industry. Over the course of 28 years Troy’s companies have earned APSP Region 5 Award of Excellence 2006-2012.
In 2005 his company was awarded Aqua 100 winner, voted as Americas top 100 pool stores and continued to earn the award annually until being inducted into the Aqua national pool dealers “Hall of Fame” in 2009.

Our Vision


All communities experience the freedom, joy, and healing capacity of water. Communities will have support to successfully plan, build, and maintain an aquatic facility.

Our Mission

Aquatics Empowered is committed to making a difference by offering therapeutic aquatic services, supporting community initiatives, and providing grants to enhance aquatic resources globally. We strive to ensure that everyone, regardless of their circumstances, has access to the benefits of aquatic therapy.

Our Team

JOHN DOE

JANE DOE

JOHN DOE

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New York, NY, USA