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The following categories are used to further clarify the focus that each WHP measure provides as well as help to organize the measures listed in the action plan: • Data Collection • IWMZ Management • Land Use Management • Potential Contamination Source Management • Public Education and Outreach • Reporting and Evaluation • Water Use and Contingency Strategy 9.3 Establishing Priorities— WHP measures reflect the administrative, financial, and technical requirements needed to address the risk to water quality or quantity presented by each type of potential contamination source. Not all of these measures can be implemented at the same time, so the WHP team assigned priority to each. A number of factors must be considered when WHP action items are selected and prioritized (part 4720.5250, subpart 3): I. Contamination of the public water supply wells by substances that exceed federal drinking water standards 2. Quantifiable levels of contamination resulting from human activity 3. The location of potential contaminant sources relative to the wells. 4. The number of each potential contaminant source identified and the nature of the potential contaminant associated with each source 5. The capability of the geologic material to absorb a contaminant 6. The effectiveness of existing controls 7. The time required to get cooperation from other agencies and cooperators 8. The resources needed: staff, money,time, legal, and technical The ERMU defines priority for implementing a WHP measure as an action that directly addresses a Potential Contaminant Source (PCS) which protects their drinking water supply from contamination from the potential contaminant source. The following table lists each measure that it will implement over the ten year period that the ERMU's WHP plan is in effect as well as the priority that it has assigned to each measure. 13