GLOSSARY

 

AAS – Alachlor, Atrazine, Simazine (Synthetic Organic Chemicals/SOCs)

BOD – Biochemical Oxygen Demand

CBOD – Carbonaceous Biochemical Oxygen Demand

COD- Chemical Oxygen Demand

CONFLUENT – One Mass of Growth

CFU – Colony Forming Units

DO – Dissolved Oxygen

DOC – Dissolved Organic Carbon

DRO – Diesel Range Organics

GRO – Gasoline Range Organics

H2SO4 – Sulfuric Acid

HAA5 – Haloacetic Acid 5

HBC – High Background Count

HCL – Hydrochloric Acid

HNO3 – Nitric Acid

NEGATIVE – Absent

NH3N – Nitrogen Ammonia

MCL – Maximum Contaminant Level

MF – Membrane Filter

MG/L – Milligrams Per Liter

MMO-MUG – Medium for the simultaneous detection of Total Coliform & E Coli

NO2 - Nitrite

NO3 – Nitrate

NO3+NO2 – Nitrate+Nitrite

NON-POTABLE – Wastewater / Non-Drinking

NTU – Nephelometric Turbidity Units

POTABLE – Drinkable Water

POSITIVE – Present

SLUDGE – Bio Solids

TCLP – Toxicity Characteristics Leaching Process

TKN – Total Kjeldahl Nitrogen

TOC – Total Organic Carbon

TPH – Petroleum Hydrocarbon

TTHM – Total Trihalomethanes

TTO – Total Toxic Organic

UG/L – Micrograms Per Liter

UV254 – (Ultraviolet) Absorbance at 254 nm

VOC – Volatile Organic Chemical

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