Watts Industries, Inc. announced that it has acquired Hunter Innovations, Inc. located in Sacramento, CA, for $25,000,000. The sum of $10,000,000 was paid at the closing, and the balance will be paid over four years. Hunter was founded in 1995 as a technology development company and has developed a patented diaphragm seal technology currently licensed by Watts for its backflow prevention product line, a line of automatic control valves, and significant new advances in large backflow prevention device technology.