Membership includes the following: six water well contractors (state resident for at least three years, with at least five years experience in well drilling, no more than two from the seven county metro area); one member a responsible individual for an explorer; two public members not connected with exploratory boring or water well contracting; one member a licensed elevator shaft contractor; one member an environmental well contractor; one member a borer geothermal heat exchanger contractor; one representative each of the departments of Health, Natural Resources, Transportation, and the Pollution Control agency; one member a representative of the Board of Water and Soil Resources; and one member a representative of the Minnesota Geological Survey.