FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: MICHELE VERDI
Phone: (909) 395-5200

AQUARIUS BRANDS ANNOUNCES ADDITION OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA LANDSCAPE SALES MANAGER

ONTARIO, CALIFORNIA – MAY 5, 2004 – Aquarius Brands, Inc. announced today that it has hired Alden Cleveland to the newly created position of Northern California Landscape Sales Manager. Alden will be based in Fresno, California.

Alden joins the Aquarius team with many years of experience in the irrigation industry. He is a Certified Landscape Irrigation Auditor, and has completed the IA Certified Landscape Drip Design program. Alden graduated from Fresno State with Bachelors and Masters degrees in business. His previous positions include Technical Sales Manager for Spears anufacturing and Commercial Division Manager for Rainbird. Aquarius is a leading designer and manufacturer of quality irrigation and water
handling products. Aquarius' divisions include Agricultural Products (API TM), PEPCO®, and Wade Rain Micro-Irrigation. The Company has been providing fittings, filters, air vents, tubing, emitters and accessories to the irrigation industry for over 30 years. Branded products include Spin Clean® filters, Tape Loc®, Spin Loc® and Versa Grip™ fittings, Softube® and latube®, Pulsator®, Micro- Flapper®, Quadra-Bubbler® and Octa-Bubbler®, among many others. The Company has manufacturing facilities in Ontario, California, Fresno, California and Winterhaven, Florida. Aquarius is a subsidiary of Summa Industries
(NasdaqNM: SUMX).

Wade Rain is a registered trademark of R.M. Wade & Co. used under license.