Patent ID: 8918285

Claim:
A computer-implemented method to determine a risk of water contamination, the method comprising: receiving, by a computer system, identification of a geographic area in which a risk of water contamination is to be determined; in response to receiving the identification of the geographic area: identifying, by the computer system, a plurality of sources of water contamination located in the geographic area; determining, by the computer system, a subset of the plurality of sources that have a greater likelihood of causing water contamination in the geographic area compared to sources that are not included in the subset; identifying, by the computer system, a plurality of variables associated with the subset of the plurality of sources, the plurality of variables including a number of each source of water contamination included in the subset; identifying, by the computer system, a model to determine a number of potential complaints of water contamination in the geographic area, wherein the model is based, in part, on the number of each source of water contamination in the subset; determining, by the computer system, a number of potential complaints of water contamination in the geographic area by applying the number of each source of water contamination located in the subset to the model; determining, by the computer system, a risk factor representing a risk of water contamination in the geographic area based, in part, on the number of potential complaints; and providing, by the computer system, the risk factor as the risk of water contamination in the geographic area.