Acronyms
3R2N
Three Rivers Second Nature
3RWW
Three Rivers Wet Weather Demonstration Program
ABAG
Association of Bay Area Governments
ACCD
Allegheny Conference on Community Development
ACHD
Allegheny County Health Department
AGI
Acute gastrointestinal illness
ALCOSAN
Allegheny County Sanitary Authority
AMD
Acid mine drainage
AML
Abandoned mine land
ATSDR
Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
AWQS
Ambient water quality standards
BMP
Best management practices
BOD
Biological oxygen demand
CAA
Clean Air Act
CATS
Chicago Area Transit Study
CDC
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
CMOM
Capacity, Management, Operations, and Maintenance
CMU
Carnegie Mellon University
CSO
Combined sewer overflow
CVMP
Citizens’ Volunteer Monitoring Program
CW
Chicago Wilderness
CWA
Clean Water Act
CWARP
Comprehensive Watershed Assessment and Response Plan
DDT
Dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane
DHHS
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
EBMUD
East Bay Municipal Utility District
EMAP
Environmental Monitoring and Assessment Program
EPA
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
ERC
Extended reactive control
EWGCC
East-West Gateway Coordinating Council
FBM
Flow balancing method
FDA
U.S. Food and Drug Administration
GIS
Geographic information system
GWR
Ground Water Rule (proposed)
HUC
Hydrologic unit code
IARC
International Agency for Research on Cancer
IAWPR
International Association on Water Pollution Research and Control
IAWQ
International Association on Water Quality
IBI
Index of Biotic Integrity
ICR
Information Collection Rule
I/I
Infiltration and inflow
ISTEA
Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act
JLA
Joint local agency
KIPDA
Kentuckyiana Regional Planning and Development Agency
LRC
Local reactive control
LTCP
Long-term wet weather control plan
MCL
Maximum contaminant level
MFA
Major financial activity
MMSD
Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewer District
MOU
Memorandum of understanding
MPN
Most probable number
MPO
Metropolitan planning organization
MSA
Metropolitan statistical area
MSD
Metropolitan sewer district
MWRD
Metropolitan Water Reclamation District
NAPRA
National agricultural pesticide risk assessment
NAWQA
National Water Quality Assessment Program
NGO
Nongovernmental organization
NIPC
Northeastern Illinois Planning Commission
NMR
Nine Mile Run
NMR-GP
Nine Mile Run Greenway Project
NODP
National Onsite Demonstration Project
NPDES
National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System
NPS
Nonpoint source
NRC
National Research Council
NRDC
Natural Resources Defense Council
OGP
Optimal global predictive
ORSANCO
Ohio River Valley Water Sanitation Commission
OSM
Office of Surface Mining, Reclamation, and Enforcement
OSTDS
On-site sewage treatment and disposal system
PABS
Pennsylvania Biological Survey
PADEP
Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection
PADER
Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Resources
PADOH
Pennsylvania Department of Health
PASEO
Pennsylvania Association of Sewage Enforcement Officers
PCB
Polychlorinated biphenyl
PEC
Pennsylvania Environmental Council
PEL
Probable effect level
PENNVEST
Pennsylvania Infrastructure Investment Authority
PFBC
Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission
PFU
Plaque forming unit
POWR
Pennsylvania Organization for Watersheds and Rivers
PRWA
Pennsylvania Rural Water Association
PWSA
Pittsburgh Water and Sewer Authority
RBP
Rapid Bioassessment Protocol
RCAP
Rural Community Assistance Program
RMO
Regional Maintenance Organization
RTA
Regional Transportation Authority
RTC
Real-time control
RUS
Rural Utility Service
RWRC
Regional Water Resources Council
SDWA
Safe Drinking Water Act
SEWRPC
Southeastern Wisconsin Regional Planning Commission
SLMSD
Saint Louis Metropolitan Sewer District
SMCL
Secondary Maximum Contaminant level
SMCRA
Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act
SPC
Southwestern Pennsylvania Commission
SSO
Sanitary sewer overflow
STEP
Septic tank effluent pump
SWAP
Source Water Assessment and Protection
SWRC
Statewide Water Resources Committee
TCMC
Twin Cities Metro Council
TDS
Total dissolved solids
TMDL
Total maximum daily load
TPR
Third party review
TPRC
Third Party Review Committee
TSS
Total suspended solids
USACE
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
USDA
U.S. Department of Agriculture
USGS
U.S. Geological Survey
USPHS
U.S. Public Health Service
VOC
Volatile organic compound
WATRR
Watershed Alliance for the Three Rivers Region
WPC
Western Pennsylvania Conservancy
WQIF
Water Quality Improvement Fund
WQS
Water quality standard
WRAS
Watershed Restoration Action Strategy
WRPA
Water Resources Planning Act
WSIP
Southwestern Pennsylvania Water and Sewer Infrastructure Project
WSTB
Water Science and Technology Board
WWTP
Wastewater treatment plant