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Appendix E
Acronyms


AIDS

acquired immunodeficiency syndrome


BACT

best available control technology

BDL

below-detection-limit

BMP

best management practice

BOD

biological oxygen demand


CBUDSF

continuous backwash upflow dual sand filtration

CDC

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

CFU

colony forming units

CREP

Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program

CWA

Clean Water Act

CWC

Catskill Watershed Corporation

CWT

Coalition of Watershed Towns


DAF

dissolved air flotation

DBP

disinfection byproduct

D/DBP

disinfectants/disinfection byproducts

DO

dissolved oxygen

DOC

dissolved organic carbon

DOM

dissolved organic matter


ECL

Environmental Conservation Law

ECM

event mean concentration

EIS

environmental impact statement

EOH

East-of-Hudson

EPA

Environmental Protection Agency

ESWTR

Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule


FAD

filtration avoidance determination

Suggested Citation:"Appendix E: Acronyms." National Research Council. 2000. Watershed Management for Potable Water Supply: Assessing the New York City Strategy. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/9677.
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GAC

granulated activated carbon

GIS

Geographic Information System

GWLF

generalized watershed loading function


HAA

haloacetic acid

HAAFP

haloacetic acid formulation potential

HIV

human immunodeficiency virus

HPC

heterotrophic plate count


ICR

Information Collection Rule

IESWTR

Interim ESWTR

IR

inactivation ratio


LA

load allocation

LCR

Lead and Copper Rule

LT1 ESWTR

Long-term 1 ESWTR

LT2 ESWTR

Long-term 2 ESWTR


MCL

maximum contaminant level

MCLG

maximum contaminant level goal

MDC

Metropolitan District Commission

MIP

Model Implementation Program

MOA

Memorandum of Agreement

MOS

margin of safety

MRDL

maximum residual disinfectant level

MRDLG

maximum residual disinfectant level goal

MTBE

methyl tert-butyl ether

MWRA

Massachusetts Water Resources Authority


NOM

natural organic matter

NPDES

National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System

NPS

nonpoint source

NSF

National Sanitation Foundation

NTU

nephelometric turbidity unit

NYC DEP

New York City Department of Environmental Protection

NYC DOH

New York City Department of Health

NYS DEC

New York State Department of Environmental Conservation

NYS DOH

New York State Department of Health

NYS DOS

New York State Department of State


OSTDS

on-site sewage treatment and disposal system


PP

particulate phosphorus


QA/QC

quality assurance/quality control


SDWA

Safe Drinking Water Act

SEQR

State Environmental Quality Review

SPDES

State Pollutant Discharge Elimination System

SPPP

stormwater pollution prevention plan

SRP

soluble reactive phosphorus

SS

suspended solids

Suggested Citation:"Appendix E: Acronyms." National Research Council. 2000. Watershed Management for Potable Water Supply: Assessing the New York City Strategy. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/9677.
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SWAP

source water assessment program

SWTR

Surface Water Treatment Rule


TCR

Total Coliform Rule

THM

trihalomethane

THMFP

trihalomethane formulation potential

TMDL

total maximum daily load

TOC

total organic carbon

TP

total phosphorus

TSS

total suspended solids

TTHM

total trihalomethane

TVA

Tennessee Valley Authority


WAC

Watershed Agricultural Council

WAP

Watershed Agricultural Program

WBDR

West Branch of the Delaware River

WFP

Watershed Forestry Program

WLA

waste load allocation

WOH

West-of-Hudson

WRI

Water Resources Institute

WWTP

wastewater treatment plant

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In 1997, New York City adopted a mammoth watershed agreement to protect its drinking water and avoid filtration of its large upstate surface water supply. Shortly thereafter, the NRC began an analysis of the agreement's scientific validity.

The resulting book finds New York City's watershed agreement to be a good template for proactive watershed management that, if properly implemented, will maintain high water quality. However, it cautions that the agreement is not a guarantee of permanent filtration avoidance because of changing regulations, uncertainties regarding pollution sources, advances in treatment technologies, and natural variations in watershed conditions.

The book recommends that New York City place its highest priority on pathogenic microorganisms in the watershed and direct its resources toward improving methods for detecting pathogens, understanding pathogen transport and fate, and demonstrating that best management practices will remove pathogens. Other recommendations, which are broadly applicable to surface water supplies across the country, target buffer zones, stormwater management, water quality monitoring, and effluent trading.

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