Berkeley Pump Corporation was started in a garage in 1937 in the San Francisco area. The Sta-Rite company acquired Berkeley in 1986. In 2004, Sta-Rite and Berkeley were acquired by Pentair Water. They now offer centrifugal pumps, subturbine pumps, line shaft and propeller pumps, sewage and solids handling pumps, engine drive pumps, vertical multi-stage pumps, 4″ submersible pumps, and jet pumps to fill every need.