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Acronym

Definition

ABN or A/BN

Acid/Base Neutral Extractables

BOD

Biochemical Oxygen Demand

BTU

British Thermal Units

cBOD

Carbonaceous Biochemical Oxygen Demand

CFR

Code of Federal Regulations

CFU

Colony Forming Units

Ci

Curie

CLP

Contract Laboratory Program

COD

Chemical Oxygen Demand

cpm

counts per minute

CWA

Clean Water Act

DEP

Department of Environmental Protection

DMRQA

Discharge Monitoring Requirement

DO

Dissolved Oxygen

dpm

disintegration's per minute

dps

disintegration's per second

DW

Drinking Water

E.coli

Escherichia Coli

EDTA

Ethylenediamine tetra acetic acid

EPA

Environmental Protection Agency

EPAC

Estimated Plate Aerobic Count

FC

Fecal Coliform

FDA

Food and Drug Administration

FRC

Free Residual Chlorine

GC

Gas Chromatograph

GCMS

Gas Chromatograph/Mass Spectrometer

GFAA

Graphite Furnace Atomic Absorption Spectrometry

GLP

Good Laboratory Practice

HEM

Hexane Extractable Material

HGA

Heated Graphite Atomizer

ICP

Inductively Coupled Plasma Emission Spectrometry

IR

Infrared

LPM

Liter per Minute

mCi

millicurie

MCL

Maximum Contaminant Limit

MDA

Minimum Detectable Activity

MDL

Method Detection Limit

MeV

Million electron Volt

MSDS

Material Safety Data Sheets

MUG

4-Methyl umbelliferyl-beta-D-glucuronide

NELAC

National Environmental Laboratory Accreditation Committee

NELAP

National Environmental Laboratory Accreditation Program

NFPA

National Fire Protection Agency

NH3-N

Ammonia Nitrogen

NIOSH

National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health

NIST

National Institute of Standards and Technology

NPDES

National Pollution Discharge Elimination System

NRC

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission

NTU

Nephelometric Turbidity Units

OCR

Oxygen Consumption Rate

PCB(s)

Polychlorinated Biphenyls

pCi

picocurie

PE

Performance Evaluation

PPB

Parts per Billion

PPM

Parts per Million

PWS

Public Water System

QA

Quality Assurance

QAP

Quality Assurance Program

QC

Quality Control

RCRA

Resource Conservation and Recovery Act

SARA

Superfund Amendment Reauthorization Act

SDWA

Safe Drinking Water Act

SGT-HEM

Silica Gel Treated Hexane Extractable Material

SM

Standard Methods

SOC

Synthetic Organic Compounds

SOP

Standard Operating Procedure

SOW

Statement of Work

SPC

Standard Plate Count

Sv

Sievert

SW

Solid Waste

SW846

Solid Waste 846 EPA Methods

TCL

Target Compound List

TCLP

Toxicity Characteristic Leaching Procedure

TCN

Total Cyanide

TDS

Total Dissolved Solids

THGA

Transverse Heated Graphite Atomizer

TKN

Total Kjeldahl Nitrogen

TOC

Total Organic Carbon

TPH

Total Petroleum Hydrocarbons

TRC

Total Residual Chlorine

TS

Total Solids

TSCA

Toxic Substances Control Act

TSS

Total Suspended Solids

TVS

Total Volatile Solids

TVSS

Total Volatile Suspended Solids

UCMR

Unregulated Contaminant Monitoring Regulation

UV

Ultraviolet

VOC

Volatile Organic Compounds

VS

Volatile Solids

VSS

Volatile Suspended Solids

WEB

Certified Woman Owned Business

WP

Water Pollution Study - performance evaluation

WS

Water Study - performance evaluation

WW

Wastewater

ZAA

Zeeman Atomic Absorption

ZL

Zeeman, Longitudinal Configuration