ACWI, List of Acronyms

List of Acronyms

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This list is a compilation of various acronyms used by the Water Information Coordination Program (WICP) and the Advisory Committee on Water Information (ACWI). It includes the names of member organizations, ACWI subgroups and previously defined acronyms in published reports. It also includes other acronyms from complied subcommittee fact sheets, brochures, ACWI subcommittee reports, and additional sources that are in the public domain.

The objective of this list is to provided assistance in understanding our site and the work of our committees. It should not be considered an official U.S. Geological Survey or other Federal list.

	A
	AASG		Association of American State Geologists
	ACC		American Chemistry Council
	ACWI		Advisory Committee on Water Information
	AHR		American Heritage Rivers
	AMSA		Association of Metropolitan Sewerage Agencies
	AMWA		Association of Metropolitan Water Agencies
	ASCE		American Society of Civil Engineers
	ASDWA		Association of State Drinking Water Administrators
	ASFPM		Association of State Floodplain Managers
	ASIWPCA		Association of State and Interstate Water Pollution Control Administrators
	ASLO		American Society of Limnology & Oceanography
	AWRA		American Water Resources Association
	AWSE		Association of Western State Engineers
	AWWA		American Water Works Association

	C
	CAFO		Combined Animal Feedlot Operations
	CALM		Consolidated Assessment and Listing Methodology
	CDER/FDA		Center for Drug Evalution and Research/Food and Drug Administration
	CEQ		Council on Environmental Quality
	COOP/CWP		USGS Cooperative Water Program
	CRADA		Cooperative Research and Development Agreement
	CSKT		Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes
	CTIC		Conservation Technology Information Center
	CUAHSI		Consortium of Universities for the Advancement of Hydrologic Science
	CWA		Clean Water Act
	CWAP		Clean Water Action Plan

	D
	DAPS		Data Automated Processing System
	DCS		Data Collection System
	DEQ		Department of Environmental Quality
	DHS		Department of Homeland Security
	DOC		Department of Commerce
	DOE		Department of Energy
	DOI		Department of Interior

	E
	E-GOV		Electronic Government
	EMA		Expected Moments Approach
	EPA		Environmental Protection Agency
	EPRI		Electric Power Research Institute
	EROS		Earth Resources Observation and Science
	ESA		Ecological Society of America
	ESRI		Environmental Systems Research Institute

	F
	FACA		Federal Advisory Committee Act
	FEMA		Federal Emergency Management Agency
	FEDCA/FDA		Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act/Food and Drug Administration
	FGDC		Federal Geographic Data Committee

	G
	GAO		General Accounting Office
	GCLAS		Graphical Constituent Loading Analysis System
	GIS		Geographic Information System
	GLB		Great Lakes Basin
	GOES		Geostationary Operational Environmental Statellite
	GOES DCS		Geostationary Operational Environmental Statellite Data Collection System
	GPRA		Government Performance and Results Act
	GSA		General Service's Administration
	GWPC		Ground Water Protection Council
	GW/SW		Ground Water/Surface Water

	H
	HFAWG		Hydrologic Frequency Analysis Work Group
	HUC		Hydrologic Unit Code
	H2GISAWG		Hydrologic and Hydraulic GIS Applications Work Group

	I
	IACWD		Interagency Committee on Water Data
	ICOSRMI		Interagency Council on Ocean Science and Resource Management Integration
	ICPRB		Interstate Commission on the Potomac River Basin
	ICWP		Interstate Council on Water Policy
	IOOS		Integrated Ocean Observings System
	ISO		International Organization for Standardization
	ITFM		Intergovernmental Task Force on Water-Quality Monitoring

	J
	JSOST		Joint Subcommittee on Ocean Science and Technology

	L
	LWVUS		League of Women Voters of the United States

	M
	MDCB		Methods and Data Comparability Board
	MCOG		Metropolitian Washington Council of Governments

	N
	NACD		National Association of Conservation Districts
	NACP		National Association of County Planners
	NACWA		National Association of Clean Water Agencies (formerly AMSA)
	NALMS		North American Lake Management Society
	NASCA		National Association of State Conservation Agencies
	NASQAN		USGS National Stream Quality Accounting Network
	NAWQA		National Water-Quality Assessment Program
	NCASI		National Council for Air and Stream Improvement, Inc.
	NELAP		National Environmental Laboratory Accreditation Program
	NEMI		National Environmental Methods Index
	NEPA		National Environmental Policy Act
	NESDIS		National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service
	NGWA		National Ground Water Association
	NIDIS		National Integrated Drought Information System
	NLC		National Liaison Committee for NAWQA
	NMN		National Monitoring Network
	NOAA		National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
	NOS		National Ocean Service
	NOx's		Oxides of Nitrogen (example NO2,NO3 and others)
	NRC		National Research Council
	NRC		U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
	NRCS		Natural Resources Conservation Service
	NSIP		National Steamflow Information Program
	NWQMC		National Water Quality Monitoring Council
	NWIS		National Water Information System (USGS database)
	NWS		National Weather Service

	O
	OAP		Ocean Action Plan
	OCWWS		Office of Climate,Water, and Weather Service
	OMB		Office of Management and Budget
	OSTP		White House Office of Science and Tehnology Policy
	OWQ		Office of Water Quality
	OWQW		Office of Wetlands, Oceans and Watersheds

	P
	PBS/PPMS		Performance-Based Systems
	PPT		PowerPoint

	S
	SDI Group		Sustainable Development Indicators Group
	SFWMD		South Florida Water Management District
	SGTF		Streamgaging Task Force
	SIMOR		Subcommittee on Integrated Management of Ocean Resources
	SMIAPR		Sediment Monitoring Instrument and Analysis Research Program
	SNOTEL		Snow Telemetry Program
	SOGW		Subcommittee on Ground Water
	SOH		Subcommittee on Hydrology
	SOS		Subcommittee on Sedimentation
	SSC		Suspended-Sediment Concentration
	SSWD		Subcommittee on Spatial Water Data
	STIWG		Satellite Telemetry Interagency Working Group
	STORET		STOrage and RETrieval System
	SW		Surface Water
	SWRR		Sustainable Water Resources Roundtable

	T
	TMDL		Total Maximum Daily Load
	TOR		Terms of Reference
	TSS		Total Suspended Solids
	TVA		Tennessee Valley Authority

	U
	UCOWR		Universities Council on Water Resources
	UFP		Unified Federal Policy
	US		United States
	USACE		United States Army Corp of Engineers
	USBR/BOR		U.S. Bureau of Reclamation
	USDA		United States Department of Agriculture
	USDHS		United States Department of Homeland Security
	USDOI		United States Department of Interior
	USEPA		United States Environmental Protection Agency
	USFS		United States Forest Service
	USFWS		US Fish and Wildlife Service
	USGS		United States Geological Survey

	W
	WEF		Water Environmental Federation
	WICP		Water Information Coordination Program
	WIN		Water Information Network
	WME		Window to My Environment (Website)
	WQ		Water-Quality or Water Quality
	WQDE		Water Quality Data Elements
	WQ's		Water - Quality Standards
	WSWC		Western States Water Council

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