The water is the important media of pollutant transferring in the environment

and the material in the water can take effect on the biologists directly. This paper has discussed the methods of tracing the characteristics of pollutants existing in the different water environment

including the method of using artificial tracer

the biomarker signal method

the microelement tracer method and the isotopes tracer method

and connect them with the environmental research. In the paragraph of the method of using artificial tracer

there is the explanation about the tracer technology of neutron activation analysis and the method of Lanthanide-DTPA tracer. The biomarker signal method mainly explain the lignin

the n-alkane and the fatty acid. The microelement tracer method is mainly about Sr

Ca

Mg and REE (rare earth element) tracing. The isotope tracer method presents the advanced method of carbon isotope

nitrogen isotope

oxygen isotope and Pb tracer. The content in the end of this paper is the expectation of the application in the environment for tracer methods.