Creative. Technical. Practical.
Water-focused Environmental Consulting
WATER QUALITY MANAGEMENT
- Sampling and analysis plans
- Sample and streamflow data collection, QA/QC, and data management
- Synoptic surveys and transect studies
- Source‑water quality investigations
- Identification of key stressors and pollutant contributions to waterbodies
- Water quality studies (e.g., temperature, nutrients, metals)
- Water quality data analysis, statistical evaluation, and interpretation
- Source groundwater contamination evaluations
- Integrated water‑quality improvement plans and watershed management strategies
- Water quality trading strategy development
- TMDL evaluations
- Environmental justice evaluations
PERMITTING & COMPLIANCE
- Proficiency in federal and Colorado water‑quality permitting frameworks and programs
- Expertise in WQCD permitting, implementation, and guidance policies
- Technical reviews and comments for draft renewal permits, monitoring requirements, and permit conditions
- Supporting comments and documentation for permit actions, including modifications, variances, and Alternative Antidegradation Analyses
- Experience with adjudicatory hearing processes related to permitting
- Compliance assessments and forensic analysis to improve future renewal outcomes
- Chemical evaluations support
REGULATORY SUPPORT
- Expertise in federal and Colorado pollution control frameworks, including Colorado WQCC regulations and policies
- Basin site‑specific standards development, including Use Attainability Analyses
- Technical analysis of state-wide standards proposals
- Advancement of alternative Regulation 31 standards and implementation proposals
- 303(d) listing evaluations and supporting analyses
- Participation in WQCC hearings and WQCD workgroups
- Proponents, Responsive, and Rebuttal statements for WQCC hearings
- Expert testimony for regulatory proceedings
- Stakeholder outreach to communicate technical findings and regulatory implications
GIS & MODELING
- ESRI ArcGIS and QGIS
- Spatial analysis to support sampling design and field investigations
- Map development for reports, planning documents, and stakeholder communication
- Advanced spatial analysis, modeling, and visualization
- GIS-supported nutrient evaluations for stream and reservoir environments
- QUAL2K-supported assessments of assimilative capacity, fate and transport, nutrient loading, management scenarios, and trading strategies
- GIS-based riparian setback modeling for water quality protection
ABOUT WHITE RIVER CONSULTANTS
White River Consultants, established in 2023, leverages more than 25 years of combined experience in the water/wastewater industry and environmental consulting. Drawing from both client and consultant perspectives deepens our understanding of expectations, constraints, and decision‑making. We seek creative, cost‑effective approaches to produce outcomes that are both technically sound and practical. Our goal is to support clients in finding solutions that best fit their needs.
CONTACT US
Call Us
Phone: 970-445-8351
Email Us
cbyus@whiteriverconsultants.org
- Caroline Byus, Principal Consultant
