Altela, Inc. offers a fundamentally different water desalination/decontamination solution inspired by nature itself. Through the use of its proprietary, patented AltelaRain® technology, Altela desalinates and decontaminates highly-challenged, frac flowback, brackish and produced water from shale fracking without the energy intensive equipment, high temperatures or pressure of other water desalination technologies.
> Altela technology: the solution to frac flowback, brackish water disposal.
As seen in The Wall Street Journal: In the article, "In Fracking's Wake", "The growing volume of dirty water produced in shale-gas drilling has triggered a gold rush among water-treatment companies". Altela's water treatment is focused in the Marcellus play with a technology already validated by the PA Department of Environmental Protection (PA DEP) and the U.S. Department of Energy (US DOE) that treats this produced and frac water, exceeding new state regulations for clean water discharge. >> Read more
> Altela's joint ventures are sharing construction progress with customers
Altela’s joint ventures, Clarion Altela Environmental Services, LLC (CAES), and Casella-Altela Regional Environmental Services, LLC (CARES), have launched their individual websites and are now sharing construction progress with customers. See development goals, services and technology, upcoming events and efforts towards becoming the number one service provider for water treatment and recycling in the Marcellus shale by visiting CAES and CARES. >> Read more
> Changing the fundamentals of water purification.
Altela desalinates and decontaminates highly challenged water without the energy intensive equipment, high temperatures or pressure of other water desalination technologies. The AltelaRain® system is the ideal solution for the desalination/contamination of challenged water, directly on-site where the brackish, salty, contaminated water is generated or stored. Altela’s simple and elegant product mimics nature’s process of making rain, water desalination done mom's way. >> Read more
> Company leadership, company vision.
Altela was founded in February 2005 by experienced and proven entrepreneurs. The company is now a 40-employee organization with its manufacturing facility and headquarters in Albuquerque, regulatory and business office in Denver, and representatives in the Marcellus Shale of PA. The company has deployed AltelaRain® systems throughout the U.S. (that have successfully treated water in the Marcellus Shale and Piceance natural gas basins) and Canada. >> Read more