Sciens Water Opportunities Management LLC

Sciens Water Opportunities Management LLC (Sciens Water) is the water-sector investment platform of Sciens Capital Management, an alternative asset manager. It invests exclusively in critical water infrastructure across North America, mainly in the United States. Sciens Water was conceived in 2015, and its first fund, the Sciens Water Opportunities Fund, launched in 2018 to make control investments in private companies that address the biggest problems facing U.S. water infrastructure. Its private fund vehicles hold about $430 million in gross assets, according to SEC filings. They include the Sciens Water Opportunities Domestic and Cayman funds, two follow-on vehicles (Fund II and Fund III), special-purpose vehicles for specific deals, and Sciens Water Treatment Partners. In 2026 it began raising a new fund, Sciens Water Opportunities Domestic Fund II. Sciens Water invests in water infrastructure assets and operating companies across the water and wastewater value chain, covering four areas: Water & Wastewater Utilities; Transmission & Distribution; Recycling, Reuse & Treatment; and Water Management & Digital Infrastructure. Its portfolio has included Integrated Water Services, in which it is majority shareholder and which added M|MBR Systems as an add-on, and Central States Water Resources, a utility owner and operator. In February 2025 it sold The CROM Corporation, a water infrastructure company, to Frontenac. Its investment activities include control buyouts, platform acquisitions, buy-and-build strategies, add-on acquisitions, and growth investments in regulated utilities and technology-enabled water businesses. Sciens Water combines long-term capital, active ownership and strategic development, helping water and wastewater companies grow into leading national platforms while improving the quality of their services. Sciens Capital Management was founded in 1994, and Sciens Water is headquartered in New York, New York, United States, with an office in London