Water Treatment Company in Marcellus Shale Welcomes New Vice President

March 12, 2012 - PRLog -- ALBUQUERQUE, NM– Altela, Inc., a company solving the environmental challenge of produced and frac flowback water for the oil & gas industry, welcomes Todd Hand as its new Vice President of Sales & Marketing.

Altela recycles frac water to a quality higher than state and federal standards require, and has been fully approved and permitted by the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP).  Altela’s solution significantly mitigates environmental problems associated with on-site reserve pits, leakage and spills associated with commercial trucking and use of evaporation ponds, as well as improper disposal and costly reinjection issues.

“Altela has begun to make a profound impact in the Marcellus and Utica basin and other shale-oil and shale-gas basins.  The E&P industry desperately needs a solution that purifies brackish E&P water at a low cost, at the same time reducing the number of water-hauling trucks on our roads,” said Altela CEO Ned Godshall.  “The rapid growth of hydraulic fracturing requires a commensurate water re-use solution that is sustainable.   Todd brings to Altela valuable prior experience integrating sustainable energy solutions for customers.  In addition, he has a real appreciation for the local communities in the Marcellus as a Penn State graduate and having grown up in Southwestern Pennsylvania.”

Especially by teaming with landfills and co-generation power plants, Altela’s unique products enable the fracking industry to surpass just minimizing its impact on local water resources, but instead expand water supplies through re-use, after the low-cost Altela process removes all salt and other constituents from E&P water.  

As Altela increases the number of operating plants beyond its current two PA locations under construction in Clarion and McKean Counties, Todd is responsible for rolling out a “one stop solution” for all of the shale-gas industry’s disposal needs.  Each location offers Certified Frac Flowback water services to E&P customers.  Altela plans to expand into additional liquids-rich shale-gas plays this year.
Altela, Inc. manufactures and services water treatment systems for the oil & gas industry based on a fundamentally different water recycling solution inspired by nature itself.  Through the use of its proprietary, patented AltelaRain® technology, Altela desalinates and decontaminates highly challenged water without the energy intensive equipment, pressure or high temperatures of other water desalination technologies – representing the first new low cost water desalination technology in the last 50 years.  By removing all contaminants from E&P waste water and brackish water, Altela converts these contaminated water liabilities into clean water assets, thereby removing our customer’s environmental liability and high treatment and disposal costs.  The company has assembled a strong intellectual property position, experienced management team, and strategic partners.  Altela turns waste into water, naturally. www.altelainc.com