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Appendix A: List of acronyms
- ANSI
- American National Standards Institute
- APHA
- American Public Health Association
- ASTM
- ASTM International (formerly American Society for Testing and Materials)
- AWWA
- American Water Works Association
- CDBP
- chlorinated disinfection by-product
- DDT
- dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane
- EPA
- Environmental Protection Agency (U.S.)
- FAU
- formazin attenuation unit
- FNU
- formazin nephelometric unit
- GLI
- GLI International (formerly Great Lakes Instruments)
- GUDI
- groundwater under the direct influence of surface water
- GW
- groundwater
- HAA
- haloacetic acid
- HBTL
- health-based treatment limit
- HPC
- heterotrophic plate count
- IESWTR
- Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule
- ISO
- International Organization for Standardization
- LT1ESWTR
- Long Term 1 Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule
- LT2ESWTR
- Long Term 2 Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule
- MEC
- Microorganism Elimination Credit
- NSF
- NSF International
- NTU
- nephelometric turbidity unit
- PSW
- Partnership for Safe Water
- QA/QC
- quality assurance and quality control
- SCC
- Standards Council of Canada
- SW
- surface water
- SWTR
- Surface Water Treatment Rule
- THM
- trihalomethane
- UV
- ultraviolet
- WEF
- Water Environment Federation
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