Acronyms
ARRA American Recovery and Reinvestment Act
ASR aquifer storage and recovery
ATLSS Across Trophic Level System Simulation
BACI before-after-control-impact
BAPRT Best Available Phosphorus Reduction Technology
BMP best management practice
CERP Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan
CISRERP Committee on Independent Scientific Review of Everglades Restoration Progress
CROGEE Committee on the Restoration of the Greater Everglades Ecosystem
C&SF Central and South Florida
CSOP Combined Structural and Operational Plan
CWA Clean Water Act
DCT Design Coordination Team
DMSTA Dynamic Model for Stormwater Treatment Areas
DO dissolved oxygen
DOI U.S. Department of the Interior
DPM Decomp Physical Model
EAA Everglades Agricultural Area
E-CISMA Everglades Cooperative Invasive Species Management Area
ECP Everglades Construction Project
EIS Environmental Impact Statement
ELM Everglades Landscape Model
ENP Everglades National Park
EPA Everglades Protection Area; U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
ERTP Everglades Restoration Transition Plan
FAC Florida Administrative Code
FDEP Florida Department of Environmental Protection
FWS U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
FY fiscal year
GAO Government Accountability Office
GCM General Circulation Model
GEER Greater Everglades Ecosystem Restoration
HSE Hydrologic Simulation Engine
HSI Habitat Suitability Index
IAR incremental adaptive restoration
IDS Integrated Delivery Schedule
IGs Interim Goals
IMC Interagency Modeling Center
IOP Interim Operational Plan
IRL-S Indian River Lagoon-South
ISOP Interim Structural and Operational Plan
LILA Loxahatchee Impoundment Landscape Assessment
LNWR Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge
LOER Lake Okeechobee and Estuary Recovery
LOPA Lake Okeechobee Protection Act
LOPP Lake Okeechobee Protection Plan
MAF million acre-feet
MAP monitoring and assessment plan
MFLs Minimum Flow Levels
MGD million gallons per day
MISP Master Implementation Sequencing Plan
MSE Management Simulation Engine
mt metric tons
NOAA National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
NPS National Park Service
NRC National Research Council
NSM Natural System Model
NSRSM Natural System Regional Simulation Model
NWSS Northwest Shark Slough
O&M operation and maintenance
PIRs program implementation reports
ppb parts per billion
QBEL quality-based effluent limit
RECOVER Restoration, Coordination, and Verification
RLG RECOVER Leadership Group
RSM Regional Simulation Model
SAC specific alternative criteria
SAV submerged aquatic vegetation
SFEER South Florida Everglades Ecosystem Restoration Program
SFER South Florida Environmental Report
SFERTF South Florida Ecosystem Restoration Task Force
SFWMD South Florida Water Management District
SFWMM South Florida Water Management Model
STA stormwater treatment area
SWIM Surface Water Improvement and Management
TBEL Technology-Based Effluent Limitation
TMDL total maximum daily load
TN total nitrogen
TP total phosphorus
USACE U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
USGS U.S. Geological Survey
WAM Watershed Assessment Model
WCA Water Conservation Area
WMA wildlife management area
WRDA Water Resources Development Act