ATES retains professional expertise in the fields of geology, geotechnics, and hydrogeology to ensure that the siting, design, construction, operation, and maintenance of all its projects are appropriate to the geological, geotechnical, and hydrogeological conditions at the location of each project. Those engineering professionals use the most sophisticated and sensitive equipment and computing power to reveal, evaluate, and model the soil, bedrock, and groundwater at the site of each of the company’s projects. Their studies and the recommendations based on them ensure that the aquifers and groundwater flow present at each site will not be affected by any project the company undertakes, either during construction or throughout the operational life of the project.