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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