What IMPACT EAU ENVIRONNEMENT does

IMPACT EAU ENVIRONNEMENT is a French engineering consultancy (bureau d'étude) specializing in water treatment and environmental management. Founded in December 2002 in the Saintes sector and now headquartered in Rouffiac (Charente-Maritime), the firm was operated as a secondary establishment of HYDRATOP for more than a decade before being bought back by former HYDRATOP agency manager Julien FONTAINE in 2017, who re-established it as an independent structure. It operates from three physical locations — Rouffiac (HQ), Saintes, and Surgères — to maintain proximity to clients across the former Poitou-Charentes region plus the neighboring departments of Gironde, Landes, and Haute-Vienne.

The company's core offering is professional engineering studies rather than a software or technology product. It delivers two service lines: (1) non-collective sanitation (assainissement non collectif) consulting for individual homeowners, encompassing on-site soil analysis, environmental and needs assessment, installation design, and Assistance à Maîtrise d'Ouvrage (AMO) covering contractor selection, quote requests, and site monitoring; and (2) environmental water management consulting for local authorities and businesses, focused on regulatory compliance with the French Code de l'environnement within development and economic-activity projects.

IMPACT EAU ENVIRONNEMENT monetizes through customized, quote-based professional services engagements. Its go-to-market is sales-led and direct, relying on local proximity, professional referrals, and an active website (impactee17.fr) for lead generation, with no digital marketing channels or named enterprise accounts identified. The firm maintains a privileged partnership with HYDRATOP to jointly respond to public procurement opportunities in median departments, and remains a privately held, founder/owner-managed business with no disclosed institutional investors, subsidiaries, or headcount.

Name

IMPACT EAU ENVIRONNEMENT

Legal name

Impact Eau Environnement

Website

https://impactee17.fr

Company type

Private

Founded year

2002

Operating status

Operating

Short description

IMPACT EAU ENVIRONNEMENT is a French regional engineering consultancy providing water treatment and environmental studies — including non-collective sanitation design and regulatory compliance — to individual homeowners and local authorities across western France.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Environmental Engineering Services

NAICS

Environmental Consulting Services (541620)

SIC

Services-Engineering Services (8711)

akta.pro primary industry

Legionella Risk Assessment & Compliance Audits (BPABAJAA)

Keywords

• Water treatment consulting
• Environmental engineering
• Sanitation studies
• Wastewater management
• Environmental compliance

Headquarters

HQ city

Rouffiac-tolosan

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Engineering Studies Services: Professional consulting services for water and environmental engineering studies, including site analysis, system design, and regulatory compliance assessment for sanitation projects.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

IMPACT Eau Environnement is an engineering study bureau (bureau d'étude) specializing in water and environmental consulting. The firm delivers sanitation feasibility studies for individual homeowners (soil analysis, environmental and needs assessment, installation design, and on-site construction assistance including Assistance à Maîtrise d'Ouvrage), and provides environmental water management consulting for local authorities and businesses, ensuring regulatory compliance with the French Environmental Code (Code de l'environnement) in development and economic activity projects.

Product overview

IMPACT Eau Environnement is a water and environment consulting firm offering two primary service lines: (1) individual household wastewater treatment solutions encompassing soil analysis, environmental assessment, installation design, and construction assistance; and (2) municipal and business environmental water management consulting for development projects requiring regulatory compliance. The company operates as a single-service consultancy rather than a software platform.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Traitement des eaux pour les particuliers

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• HYDRATOPcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerHYDRATOP (located 20 km north of Angers) maintains a privileged relationship with Impact Eau Environnement. After being part of HYDRATOP as a secondary establishment for over 10 years, Impact became independent following Julien FONTAINE's acquisition. A reinforced partnership was established, with complementary geographic positions and competencies enabling joint responses to public procurement in median departments.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves9 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Broad incumbents

• SUEZ Eau France: Major French water and wastewater utility that also provides consulting on water management and environmental compliance for municipalities and developers. Broader and more vertically integrated than Impact Eau Environnement, but serves overlapping municipal and enterprise water-environment needs.
• Bureau Veritas: Global testing, inspection, and certification (TIC) company with significant environmental compliance and permitting services in France. Comparable on regulatory compliance support but addresses it as one line within a much broader portfolio.
• Egis: Major French engineering group with environmental and water practices serving infrastructure, urban development, and territorial projects. Comparable on environmental compliance and water-related consulting for development projects, but operates at much broader national and international scale.
• Veolia Eau France: Leading French water services operator offering consulting on environmental water management, sanitation, and regulatory compliance for public-sector clients. Comparable in addressing municipal water and environmental regulatory needs, though as part of a much larger industrial water platform.
• Arcadis France: International design and consultancy firm with French environmental and water practices supporting permitting, impact assessment, and remediation. Operates in the same French environmental compliance space but at much larger scale and project size.

Direct peers

• SAFEGE (Suez subsidiary): Suez-owned engineering consultancy specializing in water, environment, and infrastructure studies, including sanitation and environmental impact assessments. Strong direct overlap with Impact Eau Environnement's combined sanitation and environmental compliance service offering.
• Burgeap: Water, environment, and geotechnical engineering consultancy operating nationally in France, offering soil studies, hydrogeology, and environmental impact assessments. Closely comparable on technical service lines, particularly on soil analysis and sanitation/water studies that mirror Impact Eau Environnement's core offering.
• HYDRATOP: Independent water and environment engineering consultancy based ~20 km north of Angers, focused on assainissement and environmental compliance studies. Direct strategic partner of Impact Eau Environnement with complementary geographic coverage, making it the most comparable peer in product offering, customer base, and operating model.
• Antea Group: French environmental and water-resources engineering consultancy offering site assessment, impact studies, and regulatory compliance support. Directly comparable in service mix (environmental studies, permitting, water/sanitation) but operates at a much larger national scale than Impact Eau Environnement.
• setec: French engineering group with a dedicated environment and water practice (setec hydrate / setec als). Provides environmental impact studies, water resource consulting, and permitting — overlapping with Impact Eau Environnement's collective/enterprise service line, though typically at larger project scale.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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