本文介绍了以下《安全饮用水法》法规之间可能发生的六种最常见的利益冲突:消毒剂/消毒副产品规则和临时强化地表水处理规则；微生物/消毒副产物（M/DBP）集群和铅/铜规则；以及M/DBP聚类和总大肠菌群规则（TCR）。本文提出了一种分析管理策略和技术规划所需的方法，以了解公用事业公司在法规下的地位，其目标需要与新法规相关，必须开发哪些信息以提供可行的选项，以及如何在人员配备、成本、公共关系、，以及公共安全。

This paper presents six of the most common conflicts likely to occur from the competing interests between the following Safe Drinking Water Act regulations: Disinfectants/Disinfection Byproducts Rule and the Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule; microbial/disinfection byproducts (M/DBP) cluster and the Lead/Copper Rule; and, the M/DBP cluster and the Total Coliform Rule (TCR). The paper presents a methodology for analyzing the management strategies and technical planning needed to understand the utility's status under the regulations, what its goals need to be relative to the new regulations, what information has to be developed to provide feasible options, and how it goes about implementing needed changes within the constraints of staffing, cost, public relations, and public safety.