美国环境保护局确认的污染物 保护局的污染物候选名单 是公用事业、工业和公共事业部门监控的自然焦点， 政府和院士。如果污染物 选择那些不真正需要关注的，那么资源就会 在监测这些污染物的同时 真正令人担忧的污染物没有受到控制。 优先考虑污染物的监测和控制 作为监管候选者的考虑是复杂的。 必须考虑事件和健康影响数据 我决定了。通常情况下，数据是不受监管的 污染物稀少，难以解释。 一个可理解且可重复的过程是必要的 为了有效地评估、组织、总结， 并利用现有数据对污染物进行优先排序 以便进一步监控和监管。重要的 采矿和组织方面取得了进展 然而，现有数据表明 有潜在问题的污染物仍需进一步研究 可以理解的方法。 这里提出的方法将允许所有利益相关者 形象化并理解 可能与饮用水相关的污染物 水工业。

The contaminants identified on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Contaminant Candidate List are a natural focus for monitoring by utilities, industry, government, and academicians. If contaminants are chosen that are not of real concern, then resources will be wasted monitoring these contaminants while contaminants of real concern are left unchecked. Prioritizing contaminants for monitoring and for consideration as candidates for regulation is complex. Both occurrence and health effects data must be factored into the decision. Often, data for unregulated contaminants are scarce and difficult to interpret. An understandable and repeatable process is necessary in order to effectively assess, organize, summarize, and use available data to prioritize contaminants for further monitoring and regulation. Significant progress has been made in mining and organizing the available data, however the classification of contaminants of potential concern still needs an understandable approach. The method proposed here will allow all stakeholders to visualize and understand the relative priority of contaminants that are of possible concern to the drinking water industry.