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Appendix G: Acronyms
Pages 301-304

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From page 301...
... Army Corps of Engineers COWRR Committee on Water Resources Research CSREES Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service (USDA) CRADA Cooperative Research and Development Agreement CWA Clean Water Act DHHS U.S.
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... Department of Health and Human Services LTER Long-Term Ecological Research MTHM Metric tons heavy metal NASA National Aeronautics and Space Administration NAST National Assessment Synthesis Team NASQAN National Stream Quality Accounting Network NAWQA National Assessment Water Quality program NCEA National Center for Environmental Assessment NCER National Center for Environmental Research NCI National Cancer Institute NEHRP National Earthquake Hazard Reduction Program NERL National Exposure Research Laboratory NEXRAD Next Generation Weather Radar NHEERL National Health and Environmental Effects Research Laboratory
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From page 303...
... Public Health Service RCRA Resource Conservation and Recovery Act R&D Research and development SERDP Strategic Environmental Research and Development Program SDWA Safe Drinking Water Act STAR Science Targeted to Achieve Results (EPA) SWAQ Subcommittee on Water Availability and Quality TMDL Total Maximum Daily Load TNC The Nature Conservancy TSPA Total System Performance Assessment TVA Tennessee Valley Authority USBR U.S.
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... 304 APPENDIX G USGCRP U.S. Global Change Research Program WERF Water Environment Research Foundation WRB Water Research Board WRRIs Water Resources Research Institutes WSTB Water Science and Technology Board
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