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Thursday, 26 September 2024 • 1:30 Mountain Time
The topic for July will be a presentation by
Hope Dalton, Director of the Colorado Produced Water Consortium
https://dnr.colorado.gov/colorado-produced-water-consortium
Director Hope Dalton will give us an update on the enormous amount of work the Consortium has made in one year, and the upcoming Colorado State Rule-Making on the pending rules that are a direct result of the Consortium's hard work. Colorado has made more progress in one year on this issue than New Mexico has in ten years.
Hope Dalton guided the Consortium to accomplish the tasks mandated by the state legislature. She has done an amazing job!
Produced or formation water is water that comes up with oil & gas. Once treated, produced water can be used for a variety of purposes. The Consortium's current effort is to help industry treat and reuse produced water for use in oil field operations, thus reducing their use of freshwater supplies.
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Colorado Produced Water Consortium
Overview
The Colorado Produced Water Consortium, established by HB23-1242 in the Colorado Department of Natural Resources, consists of individuals with expertise in produced water related to oil and gas operations, environmental impacts, environmental justice concerns, and community perspectives. The primary goal of the Consortium is to reduce the use of fresh water and increase the recycling of produced water in oil and gas operations.
Primary Duties
The Consortium is made up of 31 members representing state and federal agencies, research institutions, environmental groups, industry, local governments, environmental justice groups, and disproportionately impacted communities. The Consortium aims to encourage the reuse and recycling of produced water and address barriers associated with the utilization of produced water. The CPWC will provide an informed path for the utilization of this water resource inside, and potentially outside, of the oilfield in Colorado. The Consortium will identify and address critical scientific, legislative, and regulatory knowledge gaps needed to develop policies that are protective of public health, welfare, safety, the environment, and wildlife resources in Colorado.
2024 Legislative Reports
The Colorado Produced Water Consortium is responsible for submitting reports to the Colorado General Assembly per HB23-1242 Water Conservation in Oil and Gas Operations
Completed reports are posted on the website. Draft reports are listed in the meeting materials. Pending legislative deliverables are discussed in the Colorado Produced Water Consortium Strategic Plan 2023-2030
Initial Guidance Documents and Case Studies to Promote Best Practices for In-field Recycling and Reuse of Produced Water Report (Submitted March 1, 2024)
Initial Produced Water Regulatory Policy Coordination Report (Submitted May 1, 2024)
Current State of Produced Water Infrastructure, Storage, and Treatment Facilities Across the State with Emphasis on the Denver-Julesburg Basin Report (Submitted July 1, 2024)
Initial Availability of Produced Water for Reuse and Recycling Analysis Report (Submitted August 1, 2024)
Strategic Priorities on Topics Related to Produced Water (Submitted August 16, 2024)
Initial Report on Infrastructure Storage, and Treatment Facilities Necessary to Achieve Different Levels of Recycling & Reuse of Produced Water (Submitted August 30, 2024)
2024 Colorado Produced Water Consortium Annual Update
Colorado Produced Water Consortium Recommendations for 2024 ECMC Produced Water Rulemaking (Submitted to ECMC September 17, 2024)
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