The major technical efforts of the Consortium will be conducted through working groups and their associated Task Committees. Based on recommendations by the Consortium Membership, the Consortium established the following working groups. They include:

1. Technology Testing and Evaluation: whose role is to help identify and coordinate the testing and evaluation of the cost and performance testing of technologies to improve the cost and performance and the overall quality of treated produced water to better support fit-for-purpose reuse.

2. Water Quality and Risk and Toxicology: whose role is to evaluate and quantify the spatial variation in produced water quality across the state, identify analytical approaches to measure produced water constituents and identify appropriate environmental and human risk and toxicology testing approaches to assess the potential human and ecological risks from the use of treated produced water.

3. Infrastrucutre Implementation and Engineering: whose role is to focus on a socio-economic cost-benefit analysis tool that supports efforts in both the Permian Basin and the San Juan Basin with the ability to evaluate the impacts of new and emerging applications, and to show Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) and state economic benefits of produced water treatment and reuse. Additionally, this group helps identify current and emerging infrastructure need to be considered to support and facilitate fit-for-purpose treatment and reuse of produced water.

4. Public Education and Outreach: whose role is to improve public understanding of consortium activities and research in terms of fit-for-purpose reuse of treated produced water. Communicate the potential impacts to public and environmental health and the work of the Consortium to address these concerns. Promote a behavior change of public to accept treated PW reuse. Share the benefits of water conservation and economic development opportunities in New Mexico that treated PW reuse offers.
   
   
5. State Coordinating Council: whose role is to coordinate state produced water consortium leads and federal EPA and state regulatory agency representatives on coordination of NMPWRC efforts with other states. Development of coordinated research and implementation efforts on produced water treatments and reuse to support states and national trade and water reuse associations.

These five working groups are designed to work in an integrated fashion to address both the technical risks, and environmental and ecological risks for various fit-for-purpose applications. Working groups include interested member representatives. These representatives are encouraged to be involved in multiple working groups to ensure that there is coordination and synergy of efforts across all the working groups.

The NMPWRC invites consortium members to express their interest to be on a working group to someone on the Consortium Leadership Team, or by submitting a membership form, so that we can include you on the working group roster. Each working group meets virtually using Zoom on a regular monthly basis. The schedule of meetings is as follows:

• Technology Testing and Evaluation | 1st Tuesday of the month | 9 - 10 am MST
• Water Quality and Risk and Toxicology | 1st Monday of the month | 9 - 10 am MST
• Infrastructure, Engineering, and Data Portal | 1st Wednesday of the month | 9 - 10 am MST
• Public Education and Outreach | 1st Thursday of the month | 9 - 10 am MST
• State Coordinating Council | 2nd Monday of the month | 1 - 2 pm MST