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Appendix B: Acronyms
Pages 281-282

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... Appendix B Acronyms AGI acute gastrointestinal illness AIDS acquired immune deficiency syndrome BOD biochemical oxygen demand CDC Centers for Disease Control and Prevention CSTE Council for State and Territorial Epidemiologists CWS community water systems DALY disability-adjusted life year DFBMD Division of Foodborne, Bacterial, and Mycotic Diseases DOC dissolved organic carbon DPD diethyl-p-phenylenediamine DPH Wisconsin Division of Public Health ENSO El Niño–Southern Oscillation EPA Environmental Protection Agency FDA Food and Drug Administration GIS geographic information sciences GPM gallons per minute HIV human immunodeficiency virus HPC heterotrophic plate count 281
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... MWW Milwaukee Water Works NCZVED National Center for Zoonotic, Vector-borne and Enteric Diseases NGO nongovernmental organization NIEHS National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences NIH National Institutes of Health NRC National Research Council NTU nephelometric turbidity unit OECD Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development PAHO Pan American Health Organization PCR polymerase chain reaction PET polyethylene terephthalate PUC Walkerton Public Utilities Commission SAC Spills Action Centre (Canada) SCADA supervisory control and data acquisition system SCID severe combined immunodeficient TCR Total Coliform Rule TCRDSAC Total Coliform Rule/Distribution System Advisory Committee UNICEF United Nations Children's Fund UV ultraviolet WBDOSS Waterborne Disease and Outbreak Surveillance System WHO World Health Organization
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