Treatment Technologies
Filtration · RO · membranes · disinfection · desalination
Post a water treatment project. Meet solution providers. Close the loop.
The water ecosystem that connects industrial buyers with vetted treatment experts. Every project matched by our engineers, powered by Nepti.
Free to post. No commitment.
300+
Vetted providers
48hrs
Time to match
98%
Reach proposal stage
34
Countries covered
Trusted by operators across
industrial, municipal, and infrastructure
◉ TEXTILE
◉ PHARMA
◉ FOOD & BEV
◉ MINING
◉ CEMENT
◉ ENERGY
What are you solving?
Expertise for every water challenge.
Browse eight umbrella categories covering 122 solution provider pages, or post your project and we’ll match you to the right experts.
Water Reuse & Recovery
ZLD · industrial reuse · brine · resource recovery
Wastewater & Infrastructure
WWTP · EPC · modular · cooling · sludge
Monitoring & Digital
IoT · SCADA · AI · testing · energy efficiency
Engineering, Consulting & Financing
Consulting · engineering · ESG · feasibility · WaaS
Operations & Support
O&M · emergency response · asset management
By Industry
Textile · F&B · oil & gas · pharma · mining · chemicals
By Challenge
PFAS · heavy metals · COD/BOD · scaling · pathogens
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The vetted network
Top water treatment experts.
Verified companies delivering recycling, reuse, filtration, sludge management, and industrial water treatment.
The process
From project posted to proposals in 48 hours.
Step 01
Describe your challenge
Tell us about the project: volume, contaminants, regulations, timeline. 5 minutes.
Step 02
We match & shortlist
Our engineers and Nepti's intelligence engine identify suitable providers from a 300-strong network.
Step 03
Receive proposals
Get tailored technical and commercial proposals. You pick the partner, and we stay alongside.
Latest water projects
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Two ways to engage
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Publish a brief. Compare proposals.
Post what you’re working on to our vetted provider network. Qualified providers respond with tailored proposals and quotes — you decide who to talk to.
- Free to publish
- Multiple proposals, head to head
- You stay in control end-to-end
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Let us run the search with you.
Start with a 45-minute intro call at no cost. We’ll map your needs, constraints, timeline, and budget in one session — then shortlist privately using Nepti’s matching engine and our in-house water industry insights. You receive a vetted match, delivered. Nothing is ever published.
- Free 45-minute intro — we get the full picture
- Private shortlisting, guided by Nepti + Aguato insights
- One vetted match, delivered
Aguato Insider
Field notes from the water industry.
Technology & Solutions10 min read
Decentralized Water Treatment: When Is It the Right Solution?
Decentralized water treatment costs 20 to 40% less in CAPEX than centralized infrastructure but carries 30 to 60% higher OPEX per cubic metre treated.
Technology & Solutions10 min read
Ultrapure Water Production: Industrial Methods and Standards
Ultrapure water production costs $0.50 to $4.50 per cubic metre but a single contaminant spike shuts down a semiconductor fab for 12 to 48 hours at $2M to $8M in lost wafer output.
Technology & Solutions10 min read
Water Quality Monitoring: Online vs Lab (And When Each Wins)
Online sensors cost $8,000 to $35,000 upfront but cut lab expense 60 to 80% for high-frequency testing. The right choice depends on your sampling cadence.
Technology & Solutions17 min read
Ceramic Membranes: The 15-Year TCO Case Against Polymeric UF
Ceramic membranes cost 3 to 5× polymeric UF on installed CAPEX and run 30 to 60% lower on 15-year total cost of ownership for tough-feed industrial duties. On dairy whey, brewing, offshore produced water, refinery effluent MBR, pharmaceutical WFI, semiconductor UPW, and mining hydrometallurgy, ceramic is now the lifecycle-cost-optimal specification. This guide covers the five operating dimensions that flip the math, the CAPEX-OPEX numbers on a 1,000 m³/day duty, the seven-industry application matrix, and the four failure modes that ruin ceramic economics when the technology is mis-specified.
Technology & Solutions16 min read
Offshore Produced Water Treatment: The 30 mg/L Compliance Train
Offshore platforms produce 3 to 10 barrels of water for every barrel of oil. Missing the OSPAR 30 mg/L oil-in-water monthly average or the EPA Region 6 NPDES 29 mg/L daily max on an FPSO with 25,000 bbl/day production exposes USD 250,000 to 2,500,000 per non-compliant month. This guide covers the five-stage treatment train, hydrocyclones vs IGF vs nutshell vs MPPE vs ceramic UF, reinjection vs overboard discharge economics, and the failure modes that put platforms on regulator watchlists.
Technology & Solutions15 min read
Cooling Tower Blowdown: How to Manage It Without Wasting Water or Scaling the Tubes
Most industrial cooling towers run blowdown wrong by 15 to 30%. The wrong setpoint costs USD 8,000 to 35,000/year on a 5 MW duty in wasted make-up and chemistry; under-blowdown costs USD 50,000 to 250,000 in scale damage. This guide covers cycles of concentration, the three control methods, the five recurring failure modes, and the discharge-permit perimeter most operators under-cost.
Nepti intelligence engine
Behind every match, an engine.
Nepti Design maps the treatment space. Nepti Diagnose explains why a solution fits. Aguato is the ecosystem. Nepti is why the ecosystem works.
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Water treatment experts, organised by vertical.
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Turn water strategy into measurable impact.
Aguato helps industries translate sustainability targets into executable water treatment projects, supported by the right expertise and technology providers, selected with precision.
Network
300+
Vetted water technology providers
Velocity
48hrs
Average time to identify suitable solutions
Conversion
98%
Projects progressing to solution discussions