Public engineering firm profile
Full-service surface water and stormwater quality management
Water Environment Resources Inc. provides comprehensive surface water and stormwater quality management services across the Pacific Northwest. It offers a full-lifecycle approach that integrates engineering planning and design, construction, and operations to deliver integrated solutions for DEQ and EPA permit compliance.
Careful site evaluations to identify low-impact, cost-effective solutions for stormwater pollution control and environmental permit compliance.
Comprehensive construction management integrated with design, supply, and installation.
Ongoing operational support, parameter monitoring, and compliance reporting to meet regulatory requirements.
Weyerhaeuser | Industrial
Designed and supervised the construction of innovative stormwater collection, filtering, and discharge systems, including river sand filtering prior to entering receiving streams, across several mill sites.
View project sourceSouthern Oregon | C&K Markets | Retail
Provided stormwater quantity and quality design solutions for retail developments in southern Oregon, including the Rogue River Indian Creek development and the proposed Brookings headquarters.
View project sourceEugene, OR | City of Eugene / USACE | Water Resources
Designed flow control and fish passage structures for Willamette River water diversion to provide fresh water flow through the Delta Ponds Reserve. Prepared conceptual designs for the Good Pasture Road bridge box culvert and provided construction engineering services in support of the design-build team.
View project sourceWashington | Stevens Washington | Land Development
Completed surface water quality and quantity design, including hydrologic calculations, stormwater detention, and bio-filtration.
View project sourceQuabbin Reservoir | Massachusetts Department of Water Resources | Water Resources
Verified the hydro-thermodynamic model STRAT, developed at MIT, at the Quabbin reservoir to evaluate evaporation and temperature profiles in stratified lakes and reservoirs.
View project sourceNatural Resources
Evaluated stream hydraulics to alleviate erosion risks at this ecological landmark.
View project sourceSamoa Spit | Humboldt Bay Municipal Water District | Water Supply
Evaluated intake hydraulics to minimize sediment transport through a 12 MGD gravity flow system for a direct river diversion project serving pulp mills on the Samoa Spit.
View project sourceGold Beach | Land Development
Completed site design and NPDES 1200c permitting for a land development site requiring pumped sewage.
View project sourceVillage Baptist Church | Religious
Verified HEC-RAS modeling results and designed site stormwater collection and conveyance systems for a religious facility expansion.
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Walter L. Cook has over 40 years of experience in civil engineering and construction management. He specializes in design-build and operate business ownership, hydrologic and hydraulic computer modeling, and stormwater Best Management Practices (BMPs). He holds a BSCE (1973) in Civil Construction and an MSCE (1975) in Environmental Hydrology & Hydraulics from the University of Massachusetts - Amherst.
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