Common Acronyms

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

BAC
Bioenergy Association of California

BACWA
Bay Area Clean Water Agencies

BOD
Biochemical Oxygen Demand

CAAQS
CA Ambient Air Quality Standard

CalARP
CA Accidental Release Prevention Program

CAPIO
California Public Information Officials

CARB
CA Air Resources Board

CDFA
CA Dept of Food & Agriculture

CDO
Cease and Desist Order

CECs
Constituents of Emerging Concern

CEQA
CA Environmental Quality Act

CFR
Code of Federal Regulations

CMOM
Capacity, Management, Operation and Maintenance

CPUC
CA Public Utilities Commission

CSDA
CA Special Districts Association

CSO
Combined Sewer Overflow

CTR
California Toxics Rule

CVCWA
Central Valley Clean Water Association

CWA
Clean Water Act

CWEA
CA Water Environment Association

CWG
Collections Workgroup

DO
Dissolved Oxygen

DTSC
Dept of Toxic Substances Control

EDW
Effluent Dominated Waterbody

EIS/EIR
Environmental Impact Statement/Report

ELAP
Environmental Lab Accreditation Program

EPA
Environmental Protection Agency

FOG
Fats, Oils and Grease

GASB
Government Accounting Standards Board

HAB
Harmful Algal Bloom

HAP
Hazardous Air Pollutant

IWC
Instream Waste Concentration

IWSFG
Int’l Water Services Flushability Group

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

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

NTR
National Toxics Rule

OMB
Office of Management and Budget

ONRW
Outstanding National Resource Water

OPC
Ocean Protection Council

PAG
Public Advisory Group

PCBs
PolyChlorinated Biphenyls

PFAS
Per and polyfluoroalkyl substances

POTWs
Publicly Owned Treatment Works

PPIC
Public Policy Institute of California

PSL
Private Sewer Lateral

QA/QC
Quality Assurance / Quality Control

Region IX
Western Region of EPA (CA, AZ, NV & HI)

RFP
Request for Proposals

RMP
Regional Monitoring Program

RFQ
Request for Qualifications

RO
Reverse Osmosis

RP
Reasonable Potential