Turn Produced Water into Lithium Revenue
Modular lithium extraction, co-located with your infrastructure. New revenue. No megaprojects. No disruption to your core business.
Discover the value in your water
Your Produced Water Is More than a Disposal Cost
It’s a high-value resource. The next wave of lithium doesn’t come from mines - it comes from brines.
Lithium demand is set to grow 4x by 2035, but traditional mining can’t keep up. It’s slow, capital-intensive, and out of sync with today’s critical mineral market.
Meanwhile, your team already moves vast volumes of produced water - just to get rid of it. Disposal. Reinjection. Trucking. Chemicals. It all adds up.
But what if that water wasn’t just a cost - but a lithium opportunity?
Lithium Harvest turns produced water streams into battery-grade lithium faster, cleaner, and more cost-effectively than mining.
Using modular surface facilities co-located with your infrastructure, we extract lithium and sell it directly into the battery supply chain, delivering new revenue in months, not years.
With our DBOO approach, you don’t need to change your operations. You keep doing what you do best. We extract the value - and you share in the upside.
Why let lithium slip through your fingers when it could be boosting your bottom line?
What This Means for Your Business
A new revenue stream from the water you already handle and the infrastructure you already built - without becoming a lithium company.
As an oil & gas or midstream operator, you don’t need another side project or science experiment. You need predictable returns, minimal hassle, and a partner who understands your world. Here’s what working with Lithium Harvest actually means for your business.
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New revenue from existing barrels
Turn a pure cost line into a profit center through lithium and other critical minerals -
Use the infrastructure you already built
We integrate with your existing infrastructure, so you unlock lithium value quickly and without greenfield risk -
No operational burden
We run the plant end-to-end, so your teams stay focused on what they do best - no new headaches in your core business -
Fast path to first cash
Modular units and a clear validation step let you move from “interesting idea” to “bankable project” on realistic timelines, not science projects -
Aligned commercial model
We earn when you earn. Our DBOO model and revenue sharing create a win-win instead of a fee-for-service vendor relationship -
ESG upside that pays its own way
Replace pure disposal with a project that generates revenue and delivers measurable sustainability benefits
Produced water has gone from cost to opportunity. We plug into the infrastructure you already built and turn it into lithium revenue - without touching your core business. We operate. You profit.
How It Works - From Produced Water to Lithium Revenue
Surface-based lithium extraction that integrates with your existing water workflow.
We have done this before.
We’ve worked with industrial wastewater for over 20 years. The technology is commercially proven. Lithium Harvest’s solution is technically sound, commercially compelling, and built for the realities of O&G - a profitable, low-hassle win for your business.
Our process combines mature adsorption-based Direct Lithium Extraction (DLE) with advanced water treatment and deep industrial water expertise. That lets us work with real produced water - variable chemistry, high volumes, and operational constraints - not just clean lab samples.
We make it simple to turn waste into value.
How it works in practice:
- Collection: We integrate with your facility or midstream hub through a modular, surface-based lithium extraction plant - no new wells, no greenfield build-out - just smart tie-ins to the water you already handle. Produced water is routed from your existing system into our co-located treatment facility.
- Advanced water treatment: We remove solids, hydrocarbons, and other contaminants using proprietary pretreatment and filtration steps, creating ideal conditions for high-yield lithium extraction. This is where our industrial water experience makes a difference in challenging waste streams.
- Lithium extraction: Lithium is efficiently extracted by DLE without using any chemicals.
- Lithium refining: Lithium is refined into battery-grade lithium chemicals. We handle product quality, logistics, and offtake into the battery market, so the output leaves your site as a saleable, high-value product.
Treated brine and process water are then managed through reinjection, reuse, or compliant disposal - fully integrated with your existing water systems.
Effortless Integration, Maximum Profit
At Lithium Harvest, we are not just selling a “DLE box” - we deliver a fully integrated solution that fits how you already move and manage water.
Most DLE players optimize a single step and then struggle when real brine shows up.
Our process is built around the brine you actually have - low-grade, variable, and complex.
You provide the produced water. We run the plant. You stay focused on your core business - we turn waste into profit.
Simple. Seamless. Smart.
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Strategic co-location
We build where you operate.
Our decentralized, co-located extraction and refining facilities sit right next to your existing infrastructure - not miles away.
That means:
- No long hauls or extra logistics.
- Lower emissions and operating costs.
- Simple operations with the value created on site.
It is a flexible, scalable approach that keeps things simple and keeps the value close to home.
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Scalable and modular solution
We scale with your field and your brine.
Whether you are handling low-flow wells, high-volume midstream hubs, or varying lithium concentrations, our modular units adapt to your needs.
- Start at the right scale for your brine and water volumes.
- Add capacity in modules as performance and demand grow.
You get maximum lithium recovery and efficiency today - with room to grow tomorrow.
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Seamless integration and operation
Get up and running fast, without touching your core operations.
Our patented solution is built for speed, a compact footprint, and seamless integration with your existing water system.
- Fast deployment - typical projects target 12-18 months to start operations.
- Compact footprint - a 20,000 bbl./day facility fits roughly 1.4 acres.
- Uninterrupted operations - smart control valves allow the system to pause or bypass extraction during low lithium concentrations or maintenance, so your primary water handling never stops flowing.
To your team, it feels like another process unit on site - not a science project.
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Turnkey, End-to-End Solutions
We design it. We build it. We own it. We operate it.
Our Design-Build-Own-Operate (DBOO) model takes care of everything from concept to operations:
- Design, engineering, and permitting
- Fabrication, construction, and commissioning
- Day-to-day operation, optimization, and offtake
You get a fully managed lithium extraction solution that delivers value without pulling focus, budget, or people away from your core business.
We carry the complexity - you share in the upside.
Rethinking Critical Mineral Supply - Together
From pits and ponds to produced water - one of the most sustainable lithium sources in the world.
For decades, 89% of the world’s lithium has come from two sources: hard-rock mines and remote brine ponds. They work, but they are slow to build, capital-heavy, land and water-intensive, and concentrated in a few geographies.
Together, we can do it differently.
You already handle large volumes of produced water and other brines every day through existing operational infrastructure. By connecting our lithium extraction solution to those existing streams, we turn a former liability into a shared resource.
The same water that once only showed up as a disposal cost can now support critical mineral supply and the wider energy transition.
The result is the same product - battery-grade lithium - but delivered on very different terms:
- Faster to implement
- Cheaper to build and operate
- With a much smaller land, water, and CO₂ footprint
This is how critical mineral supply can be rethought: by using what already exists instead of building what doesn’t.
Partnering with Lithium Harvest doesn’t just improve how lithium is sourced - it helps you get ahead of peers who still treat produced water as a pure cost, and it outperforms traditional mining projects on cost, speed, and footprint.
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Lithium Harvest Solution |
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| Lithium feedstock | Continental brine/spodumene | Produced water |
| Project implementation time | 5-17 years | 12-18 months |
| Lithium carbonate production time | 2 hours - 6 months | 2 hours |
| Lithium yield | 20-95% | >95% |
| Land footprint (per t LCE) | 172-39,352 ft² | 61 ft² |
| Freshwater use (per t LCE) | 26,417-118,877 gal | 22,729 gal |
| CO₂ footprint (per t LCE) | 2.5-20.4 t CO₂e | Net-zero operations (if possible) |
| CapEx intensity (per t LCE) | $34,000 - $62,500 | $17,100/t |
| OpEx (per t LCE) | $6,000 - $7,000 | $3,647/t |
| Supply resilience | Concentrated geographies; long chains | Distributed, domestic/nearby fluids |
Traditional Mining
Lithium Harvest Solution
Why Choose Lithium Harvest?
Built for real operations. Proven in real water. Designed for real value.
Most DLE players optimize a single step in the lab.
Lithium Harvest builds full, integrated, revenue-producing plants on real brines - with the operational discipline of a water treatment company and the commercial model of a lithium producer.
We’ve thought through everything - technical, operational, and financial - so you don’t have to.
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A technology that actually works on real brine
We combine adsorption-based DLE with advanced water treatment, purpose-built for oilfield brines - not as separate steps, but as a unified system engineered for complex chemistries.
This lets us run reliably on brines that stop most DLE systems in their tracks:
- Variable lithium concentrations
- High TDS
- High oil, suspended solids, scaling ions
- Multi-contaminant streams typically found in produced water
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Commercial alignment with our DBOO partnership model
We succeed only if you succeed.
We don’t sell equipment. We build businesses with you.
Under our Design-Build-Own-Operate (DBOO) model:
- We invest the capital
- We design, build, and operate the plant
- We manage product quality, logistics, and offtake
- You share in the revenue
No new operational burden. No need for lithium expertise. No megaproject risk.
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We’re water engineers, not mining theorists
While most lithium startups are built by geologists or financiers, and often struggle with scale-up, our team brings:
- 20+ years of industrial water treatment experience
- 400+ full-scale systems installed across O&G and industrial sectors
- Deep operational discipline from decades of running high-uptime plants
- A flowsheet built from commercially proven technologies
We have operated every piece of technology we use in our flowsheets, not in lab pilots, but in full-scale deployments.
Water is the variable. We master the variable.
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A sustainability advantage that becomes a competitive advantage
Extracting lithium from produced water turns a waste stream into a clean, fast, and low-impact lithium supply - one that outperforms traditional mining on cost, speed, and footprint.
Partnering with Lithium Harvest doesn’t just improve how lithium is sourced; it positions our lithium supply to outperform traditional mining projects.
This is how you become part of the critical mineral supply chain, without new land, new wells, or new megaprojects.
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Economic upside engineered for durability and flexibility
Our system is designed to be profitable even at lower lithium prices - and to grow with your needs.
Modular growth
Start at the right size for your field or midstream hub. Add trains later as volumes or confidence grow, primarily funded by project cashflow.
Industry-leading economics- Up to 73% lower CapEx intensity vs traditional mining
- Up to 48% lower OpEx vs traditional mining
- Bottom-decile cost structure among lithium producers
- Durable margins across lithium price cycles
This performance, combined with DBOO, provides partners with a financially resilient, low-risk entry into lithium.
Choose How You Want to Profit
Every operation is different - and so is the right way to share risk and upside.
We don’t believe in one-size-fits-all. That’s why we structure flexible business models around your goals, infrastructure, and strategic vision.
Most projects fall into one of two models.
Form a Joint Venture with Lithium Harvest |
Royalty Model |
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| Benefits | A joint venture that generates profit and positions your company as a pioneer in sustainable lithium and water management - combining strong economics with long-term strategic positioning in critical minerals. | You earn royalties from produced water while boosting your ESG profile by contributing to more sustainable water and resource management through lithium extraction - with no need to become a lithium operator. |
Form a Joint Venture with Lithium Harvest
Royalty Model
Turn Produced Water into Lithium Revenue
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Waste to profit: Turn a pure cost line into a profit center with our lithium extraction solution built for real produced water.
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No operational burden: We design, build, own, and operate the plant under a DBOO model. You keep running your core business - and share in the lithium upside.
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Fast path to first cash: Modular, surface-based units co-located with your existing infrastructure - a realistic 12–18-month path from concept to production.
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Competitive, low-footprint lithium: Deliver lithium that can outperform traditional mining on cost, speed, and footprint using the water you already handle every day.
Ready to turn wastewater into profit? Let’s unlock the value together.
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