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Wastewater Acronym List
- ACWA
- Assoc of California Water Agencies
- ANPRM
- Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking
- APWA
- American Public Works Association
- ATCM
- Airborne Toxic Control Measure
- AWWA
- American Water Works Association
- BACWA
- Bay Area Clean Water Agencies
- BOD
- Biochemical Oxygen Demand
- CAAQS
- Calif Ambient Air Quality Standard
- CalARP
- Calif Accidental Release Prevention Program
- CARB
- Calif Air Resources Board
- CDFA
- Calif Dept of Food & Agriculture
- CDO
- Cease and Desist Order
- CECs
- Constituents of Emerging Concern
- CEQA
- Calif Environmental Quality Act
- CFR
- Code of Federal Regulations
- CMOM
- Capacity, Management, Operation and Maintenance
- CIWMB
- Calif Integrated Waste Management Board
- CPUC
- Calif Public Utilities Commission
- CSO
- Combined Sewer Overflow
- CTR
- California Toxics Rule
- CVCWA
- Central Valley Clean Water Association
- CWA
- Clean Water Act
- CWAP
- Clean Water Action Plan
- CWARA
- Clean Water Authority Restoration Act
- CWEA
- Calif Water Environment Association
- DHS
- Dept of Health Services
- DO
- Dissolved Oxygen
- DTSC
- Dept of Toxic Substances Control
- EBEP
- Enclosed Bays and Estuaries Plan
- EDW
- Effluent Dominated Waterbody
- EIS/EIR
- Environmental Impact Statement/Report
- EPA
- Environmental Protection Agency
- ERAF
- Educational Reserve Augmentation Fund
- ESMP
- Electronic Self-Monitoring Report
- FOG
- Fats, Oils and Grease
- GASB
- Government Accounting Standards Board
- HAP
- Hazardous Air Pollutant
- ISWP
- Inland Surface Waters Plan
- JPA
- Joint Powers Authority
- LA
- Load Allocation (non-point sources)
- LAFCO
- Local Agency Formation Commission
- LOCC
- League of California Cities
- LHC
- Little Hoover Commission
- MACT
- Maximum Achievable Control Technology (air controls)
- MCL
- Maximum Contaminant Level
- MGD
- Million Gallons per Day
- MMP
- Mandatory Minimum Penalty
- MOU
- Memorandum of Understanding
- MUN
- Municipal Drinking Water Use
- NACWA
- National Association of Clean Water Agencies
- NAS
- National Academy of Sciences'
- NGOs
- Non Governmental Organizations
- NOP
- Notice of Preparation
- NOX
- Nitrogen Oxides
- NPDES
- Nat'l Pollutant Discharge Elimination System
- NPS
- Non-Point Source
- NRDC
- Natural Resources Defense Council
- NTR
- National Toxics Rule
- OMB
- Office of Management and Budget
- ONRW
- Outstanding National Resource Water
- PAG
- Public Advisory Group
- PAHs
- Polynuclear Aromatic Hydrocarbons
- PCBs
- PolyChlorinated Biphenyls
- POTWs
- Publicly Owned Treatment Works
- PPCPs
- Pharmaceutical and personal Care Products
- PSSEP
- Partnership for Sound Science in Environmental Policy
- QA/QC
- Quality Assurance / Quality Control
- Region
- IX Western Region of EPA (CA, AZ, NV & HI)
- RFP
- Request For Proposals
- RMP
- Risk Management Program
- RFQ
- Request For Qualifications
- RO
- Reverse Osmosis
- RWQCB
- Regional Water Quality Control Board
- SCAP
- Southern California Alliance of POTWs
- SEP
- Supplementary Environmental Projects
- SERTs
- Soluble or Extractable Regulatory Thresholds
- SLAPP
- Strategic Lawsuit Against Public Participation
- SIP
- State Implementation Policy (CTR/NTR criteria)
- SRF
- State Revolving Fund
- SS
- Suspended Solids
- SSO
- Sanitary Sewer Overflow
- SSMP
- Sewer System Management Plan
- SWRCB
- State Water Resources Control Board
- TAC
- Toxic Air Contaminant
- TCLP
- Federal Toxicity Characteristics Leaching Procedure
- TDS
- Total Dissolved Solids
- TMDL
- Total Maximum Daily Load
- Tri-TAC
- Technical Advisory Committee of CASA, CWEA, and LOCC
- TSD
- Total Solids Dissolved
- TSO
- Time Schedule Order
- TSS
- Total Suspended Solids
- UPCCAA
- Uniform Public Construction Cost Accounting Act
- UV
- Ultraviolet Treatment
- VOCs
- Volatile Organic Compounds
- WAS
- Waste Activated Sludge
- WDR
- Waste Discharge Requirements
- WEF
- Water Environment Federation
- WERF
- Water Environment Research Foundation
- WET
- Whole Effluent Toxicity or Waste Extraction Test
- WESTCAS
- Western Coalition of Arid States
- WIN
- Water Infrastructure Network
- WLA
- Waste Load Allocation (point sources)
- WMI
- Watershed Management Initiative
- WRFP
- Water Recycling Funding Program
- WRDA
- Water Resource Development Act
- WWTP
- Wastewater Treatment Plant
- WQBEL
- Water Quality Based Effluent Limitation
- WQS
- Water Quality Standards
- WWWIFA
- Water and Wastewater Infrastructure Financing Agency
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