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Planet Profit Report - Transfer Spotlight: Altela

An ASU prof's simple solution to turn wastewater into clean water:

Altela's solution to turning wastewater into clean water is as simple as nature itself. The low energy AltelaRain technology recreates the cycle of evaporation into rainwater within rectangular towers filled with sheets of inexpensive plastic material – the same that is used in political signs. Clean water simply condenses out, leaving impurities behind. Read more

Altela, Inc.  Selected by The Artemis Project™ as a Top 50 Water Company

Altela, Inc. announced today that it has been chosen by The Artemis Project™ as a winner of the 2010 Top 50 Water Companies Competition. This award distinguishes Altela as a leading company in one of the greatest high-growth industries of the 21st Century. Altela was selected by a panel of industry experts based on four criteria: technology, intellectual property and know-how, team and market potential.

“The Artemis Project’s Top 50 Water Companies Competition winners have excelled in key areas of the emerging advanced water technology sector,” said Laura Shenkar, Principal of The Artemis Project™. “We are excited to showcase these innovative companies and congratulate them for their achievements in creating solutions that will reinvent the water landscape.”

Altela is honored to receive this award.

The Artemis Project™ Top 50 winners were honored at the BlueTech Innovation Forum held at The Renaissance Stanford Court Hotel in San Francisco. For a full list of the The Artemis Project™ 2010 Top 50 Water Companies Competition winners, click here.

About The Artemis Project™
Established in 2000, The Artemis Project™ is a boutique consulting practice that brings unique capabilities to 21st century water management. It combines an understanding of the most advanced water resource management solutions with an international network of developers, investors and users of advanced water technology.

As the leading authority on applying advanced water solutions to business operations, The Artemis Project™ specializes in developing holistic water management strategies for major corporations. The Artemis Project™ also supports product launches of advanced water technology into business operations worldwide. The Artemis Project™ actively participates in water industry events and supports environmental policy initiatives.

E&P Magazine - Nature’s way is the best way

Elegant in its simplicity, a new water reclamation service has been introduced, and it begs the question, “Why didn’t we think of this before?” New Mexico-based Altela Inc. has developed a modular water purification system based on the principle of the hydrological cycle. It is called, appropriately, AltelaRain. Read more

Pittsburgh Tribune-Review - Company’s system purifies liquid in Marcellus Shale drilling

Altela Inc. of Albuquerque, N.M., has developed and patented a water treatment system that improves on Mother Nature's process for converting salt water to fresh water, or rain. Read more

New Mexico Business Weekly - Altela Cleans up in Pennsylvania

Altela, an Albuquerque company, which uses proprietary technology to purify industrial water, won a $2 million contract with a Pennsylvania firm to build a water-purification plant to service shale-gas operations in the northeastern Marcellus Basin. Read more