Founded in 1989 by Christian Laplaud and based in Venelles (France), Altereo is one of the leading consulting firms in water and urban engineering. The company assists local authorities in improving the living environment and adapting infrastructures to the challenges of climate change. In addition to its expertise in water engineering, Altereo also develops innovative software solutions using Artificial Intelligence, enabling it to offer higher added value services to its customers. Its offer is structured around 4 main activities: "Water and environmental engineering", Altereo's core business, with a complete range of engineering services for the small water cycles; "Innovative services & IT", which designs and develops business software to improve the performance of water and wastewater networks; "Cities and Area", which assists local authorities in drawing up urban planning documents and development studies, and "Support to public policy", which provides advice and assistance to inter-municipal authorities in organising water policy in their area.