MENA
Morocco, Egypt, Gulf states — chronic deficit, high desalination spend.
How We Work
Infrastructure services, not water trading
ATLA acts as the project development and management partner — not as a water buyer or trader. Here is what that means in practice.
Our approach
Four phases, from concept to operations
01
Project initiation
Identify water demand, evaluate sources, assess supply chain concepts.
02
Feasibility study
Aquifer resource study, supply chain costing, bankable resource report.
03
FEED & development
Full engineering design, partnership assembly, licensing and MOU.
04
Construction & operations
EPC management, commissioning, ongoing maintenance and service agreements.
Key principles
Five commitments
- Water is a human right. ATLA never buys or sells it.
- ATLA earns on infrastructure services — feasibility, FEED, construction management, maintenance.
- Water ownership stays with the local authority, who set access and pricing for communities.
- Commercial structures are flexible: development fee, royalty, tariff, or equity stake per project.
- ATLA orchestrates the partnership — specialist contractors execute.
Customer — municipality / water authority
Service agreements 1–4
ATLA
Water source owner
Development contractors
Transport contractors
Contract structure
ATLA sits outside the water transaction
ATLA enters a series of service agreements with the customer — covering feasibility, engineering, construction management, and maintenance. The customer holds separate agreements with the water source owner and with infrastructure contractors. ATLA does not sit in the water transaction chain. It manages the development on behalf of the authority that owns the resource.
This structure is standard in offshore project development, adapted here for freshwater.
Project pipeline
From a global database to target projects
~1,000
Global database
Confirmed water-stress locations
100–200
Candidate list
Population · scarcity · coastal access · seismic data available
10–20
Priority list
Business network · funding source · water source identified
3–5
Target projects
LOI / MOU · resource study · EPC consortium in place
Market intelligence — news, reports, and surveys — feeds the database continuously.
Target geographies
Where ATLA is focused
Mediterranean
Cyprus, Malta, Spain — EU-funded water security mandates.
West Africa
Namibia, Senegal — OFG potential, DFI capital available.
South / SE Asia
India coastal, Indonesia — fastest-growing demand, existing offshore infrastructure.
ESG and sustainability
Measured against recognised frameworks
UN SDG 6
ATLA’s work directly supports Sustainable Development Goal 6: clean water and sanitation for all.
EU taxonomy
Freshwater infrastructure with lower energy intensity than desalination qualifies under EU sustainable finance taxonomy.
Horizon Europe
ATLA’s offshore groundwater development aligns with Horizon Europe water security and climate criteria.