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 (visit their website)
BOD - Biochemical Oxygen Demand
CAA - Cleanup and Abatement Account
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
CWEA - Calif Water Environment Association
DHS - Dept of Public Health Services
DMR - Discharge Monitoring Report
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
eSMR - 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
SBSA - South Bayside System Authority
SBWMA - South Bayside Waste Management Authority (visit their website)
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/Site Specific Objective
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
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
WRDA - Water Resource Development Act
WRFP - Water Recycling Funding Program
WWTP - Wastewater Treatment Plant
WQBEL - Water Quality Based Effluent Limitation
WQP - Water Quality Objective
WQS - Water Quality Standards
WWWIFA - Water and Wastewater Infrastructure Financing Agency