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WEST Consultants, Inc.

Name: WEST Consultants, Inc.
Address: 2601 25th Street SE Suite 450, Salem, OR, 97302, US
Telephone: (503) 485-5490

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WEST Consultants is a water resources engineering firm focusing on Water, Environment, Sedimentation, and Technology, with expertise in hydrology, hydraulics, geomorphology, sediment transport, nature-based solutions, and water quality. specializes in advanced water resources investigations,
working toward sustainable solutions that balance the needs of the users with those of the environment. Th

e firm's scientists and engineers are nationally recognized in hydrology, hydraulics,
sediment transport, fluvial geomorphology and water quality for climates ranging from tropical to arid. WEST has offices in Salem, Oregon; Bellevue and Vancouver, Washington;
San Diego and Folsom, California; Red Rock and Tempe, Arizona; and Dallas, Texas. LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/west-consultants-inc-

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCf79vQeZvZ8EKBw1Mvk77dA

06/16/2026

WEST’s Senior Technical Advisor Dr. David Curtis will present in a free webinar hosted by the Pennsylvania Geospatial Coordinating Board and Pennsylvania Spatial Data Access (PASDA), focused on flood resilience and the role of data, mapping, and technology.

With more than 50 years in hydrology and flood risk management, Dr. Curtis will share lessons from the front lines. He’ll also reflect on supporting response to last summer’s devastating Texas floods, and the role data plays before, during, and after these events.

He’ll be joined by Christian Przybylek, M.A., GIS Section Chief at the Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency (PEMA), who will highlight how geospatial tools are being used to improve flood preparedness across Pennsylvania.

Date: Thursday, June 25
Time: 10:00 AM (ET)
Location: Zoom
Cost: Free (registration required)

Register here: https://psu.zoom.us/meeting/register/dHuD223YT-CX8hHrGgMCzg

This session is designed for emergency managers, GIS professionals, planners, researchers, local officials, and others focused on data-driven approaches to flood risk.

06/15/2026

📸 Happy Nature Photography Day 📸

Field work is a core part of water resources engineering, whether collecting data, observing site conditions, or supporting model development. To celebrate the day, we gathered a few of our favorite photos from recent site visits.

🌊 Stream measurements and channel observations
🦌 Wildlife encountered during site visits
❄️ (Gorgeous) winter conditions influencing hydrologic systems
🌿 Wetland environments under study
🐍 A few unexpected encounters along the way
🌅 End-of-day views

Time on site helps ensure our analyses reflect real-world conditions, keeps us connected to the systems we are working in, and often provides great photo opportunities. Thanks to Katie Sauter Messick, Peter Regan, Mariko Yoshinaga, and Brian Landers, PE, for having a great eye for both data collection and photography.

If you're out on site today, it is a great time to come back with reliable data and at least one photo worth keeping.

06/11/2026

WEST’s Gyan Basyal just released three open-source Python libraries for water resources workflows—and they’re built to work together.

At the core is pydsstools 3.1.0, which provides direct interaction with HEC-DSS, the format used across HEC-HMS, HEC-RAS, and HEC-RTS in practice. This release adds support for binary records and the metadata engineers use, such as location and vertical datum information, quality flags, and annotations. It also adds an improved Python logging interface for DSS messages and utilities for common file operations like copying, renaming, and version conversion. pydsstools also continues to support both the legacy HEC-DSS 6 format and the HEC-DSS 7 format.

The two companion libraries focus on data ingestion:
• qpkit retrieves observed and forecast precipitation from NOAA sources (including radar-gage QPE, QPF, and HRRR), reprojects and clips data to a watershed extent, and writes directly to DSS for use in hydrologic and hydraulic models.
• gagely pulls observed gage data (streamflow, stage, and rainfall) from USGS, Contrail, and other sources, and formats it as DSS time series suitable for model calibration and validation.

Together, these tools support a more automated and repeatable workflow, helping move data efficiently from source systems into models used across the field.

All three libraries are open source and free to use.

pydsstools: https://github.com/gyanz/pydsstools
qpkit: https://github.com/gyanz/qpkit
gagely: https://github.com/gyanz/gagely

06/09/2026

Exciting news! WEST President Martin Teal, PE, PH, BC.WRE, F.ASCE, has been elected Vice President of the International Commission on Large Dams (ICOLD)!

Marty brings more than 35 years of experience in water resources engineering, with deep expertise in hydrology, hydraulics, and sediment processes. He’s also been an active ICOLD member for 17 years, including leadership on sedimentation initiatives and international collaboration efforts.

Marty shared that in this new role, he “looks forward to improving access to ICOLD benefits for members, strengthening ICOLD Technical Committees, modernizing technology and processes, and investing in the future by bolstering the Young Professionals and Capacity Building committees.”

It’s great to see his long-standing contributions recognized at this level.

Visit our website to learn more about Marty’s experience and contributions: https://www.westconsultants.com/2026/06/09/west-president-martin-j-teal-elected-icold-vice-president/.

06/03/2026

As the busy spring conference season begins to wind down, it’s a good time to catch up on ideas and research you may have missed. Our friends at SEDHYD, Inc. recently launched a newly redesigned website that makes that easy, with a clean, intuitive layout and free access to past conference proceedings!

Several WEST contributions are featured in the most recent proceedings, including:
➡️ “ICOLD Reservoir Sedimentation Bulletins: Case Studies and Bypass Systems” | Martin Teal
➡️ “Web-Mapping Application of Flow Runout for WOTUS Calculations” | Brent Travis and Brian Wahlin
➡️ “Sediment Transport Modeling for the Colorado River Aqueduct Conduit Erosion Control Improvement Project” | Justin Griffiths and Filippo Bressan
➡️ “Flood Risk Reduction Structure for Morgan Lake Dam” | Chris Bahner
➡️ “Total Sediment Yield in Distributive Watersheds” | Michael Gerlach and Andrew Daus

If you’re looking for some worthwhile summer reading, or thinking ahead to contributing to SEDHYD 2028, the proceedings are a great place to start.

Explore the new site and learn more about getting involved: https://sedhyd.org/.

06/01/2026

We're excited to announce a strategic partnership with DJ&A, a multidisciplinary professional services consulting firm with offices across the western United States.

For more than 35 years, WEST has built a reputation for solving complex water issues for clients locally, nationally, and internationally. This partnership broadens the range of services we can offer and expands our geographic footprint, while allowing us to continue delivering the same level of technical expertise our clients have come to expect.

We're proud of what we've built and excited about what's next.

Read the full announcement: https://www.westconsultants.com/2026/06/01/strategic-partnership-forged-between-dja-and-west-consultants/

05/28/2026

This Sunday is National Dam Safety Awareness Day. It's a good time to remember what dams do for us and the responsibility that comes with them.

Dams give us flood protection, water supply, hydropower, recreation, and more. In the U.S., there are more than 90,000 dams in the National Inventory of Dams, and more than 15% are classified as having high hazard potential, which makes ongoing inspection, planning, and technical expertise essential.

At WEST, we support dam safety across the country through breach modeling, design, safety investigations, and operational studies. Our staff also teach HEC-RAS dam breach modeling courses through the American Society of Civil Engineers.

But you don't have to be an engineer to help keep people safe around dams.

Practical dam safety tips this summer:
• Find out where dams are located before you spend time on or near a river
• Follow posted warnings, barriers, and portage routes
• Stay out of the water at low-head dams, and never try to swim, float, paddle, or boat over one
• Wear a life jacket when boating or spending time near moving water
• If you see a low-head dam, keep your distance and walk around it on land

Dam safety is a shared responsibility, and awareness starts with all of us.

05/26/2026

The 50th Association of State Floodplain Managers (ASFPM) Annual National Conference starts Sunday! 🎉

Fifty years is a big milestone for the floodplain management community, and it should make for a great week in Milwaukee. WEST has been a longtime ASFPM corporate partner, and we’re looking forward to connecting with colleagues and talking about the work happening across the field.

If you’ll be attending, keep an eye out for WEST President Martin Teal. And if you can’t make it in person, there’s a virtual option too.

Register here: https://www.floods.org/conference/registration/.

05/21/2026

Happy (early) World Fish Migration Day! 🐠

This year’s International Fish Passage Conference was a good reminder that water resources work is about more than meeting immediate needs. Lars Berglund, PE, and Lindsay Otto, PE, PH, joined practitioners from across the water resources field to share ideas, compare approaches, and reflect on how fish passage fits into the bigger picture of watershed health and infrastructure.

In the spirit of the day, here are a few resources from the fun and fascinating world of fish migration:

🐟 Hydro 101: How Fish Navigate Dams | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CBl3OpuiGX8
A look at how fish passage infrastructure helps keep rivers connected, even in heavily managed systems.

🐟 The Fish Doorbell | https://visdeurbel.nl/en/
A livestreamed lock in the Netherlands, where viewers can alert operators when fish are waiting to move upstream (and don’t miss the Fish Doorbell News Report while you’re there).

🐟 Happy Fish | https://www.worldfishmigrationday.com/happy-fish/
Projects focused on removing barriers and restoring connected river systems. You can even bring Happy Fish out to a project in your area!

🐟 “Success Within Constraints” | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7429947876438474752/
Lars’ conference poster (also shared at RRNW) highlighting a WSDOT culvert replacement project that improved habitat and reconnected High School Creek.

However you celebrate, here’s to keeping rivers connected!

05/20/2026

¡Bienvenidos a México!

The 94th Annual International Commission on Large Dams (ICOLD) Meeting starts Saturday in Guadalajara, and we’re excited for the week’s conversations and connections.

WEST’s President, Martin Teal—a past ICOLD National Committees of the Americas (INCA) regional group co-president and current U.S. representative on the Sedimentation of Reservoirs Technical Committee—is attending and looking forward to connecting on dam engineering, sedimentation, and related topics.

As you’re finalizing your schedule for the week, check out the program here: https://www.icoldmexico2026.com/copia-de-bienvenido and plan to catch up with Marty at these sessions:
• Sunday 5/24: Technical Committee J, Sedimentation of Reservoirs Meeting
• Tuesday 5/26: Conference Symposium Sedimentation Session
• Friday 5/29: Sedimentation in Dams Workshop

¡Nos vemos pronto!

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2601 25th Street SE Suite 450
Salem, OR
97302

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Monday	8am - 5pm
Tuesday	8am - 5pm
Wednesday	8am - 5pm
Thursday	8am - 5pm
Friday	8am - 5pm

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(503) 485-5490

Website

http://www.westconsultants.com/

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