AA - ANSWER atomic absorption
AC - ANSWER power alternating current
ac - ANSWER acre
AF - ANSWER acre-foot (feet)
AFY - ANSWER acre-foot per year
AMSA - ANSWER Association of Metropolitan Sewerage
Agencies
ANSI - ANSWER American National Standards Institute
APHA - ANSWER American Public Health Association
AS - ANSWER activated sludge
ASCE - ANSWER American Society of Civil Engineers
ASME - ANSWER American Society of Mechanical
Engineers
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,ASTM - ANSWER American Society for Testing and
Materials
AWT - ANSWER advanced wastewater treatment
AWWA - ANSWER American Water Works Association
BECP - ANSWER Business Emergency and
Contingency Plan
BNR - ANSWER biological nutrient removal
BOD5 - ANSWER biochemical oxygen demand after
5 days
BTU - ANSWER British thermal unit
C - ANSWER Celsius
Cal-OSHA - ANSWER California Occupational Safety and
Health Act
Cal-EPA - ANSWER California Environmental Protection
Administration
CBOD - ANSWER carbonaceous biochemical oxygen
2
, demand
CCE - ANSWER carbon chloroform extract
CCR - ANSWER California Code of Regulations
cf - ANSWER cubic feet (foot)
CFR - ANSWER Code of Federal Regulations
cfs - ANSWER cubic feet per second
CH4 - ANSWER Methane
CIU
Categorical Industrial User
CIU - ANSWER Categorical Industrial User
CM - ANSWER common mode
CMOM - ANSWER Capacity Management, Operations,
and Maintenance
COD - ANSWER chemical oxygen demand
CPU - ANSWER central processing unit
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AC - ANSWER power alternating current
ac - ANSWER acre
AF - ANSWER acre-foot (feet)
AFY - ANSWER acre-foot per year
AMSA - ANSWER Association of Metropolitan Sewerage
Agencies
ANSI - ANSWER American National Standards Institute
APHA - ANSWER American Public Health Association
AS - ANSWER activated sludge
ASCE - ANSWER American Society of Civil Engineers
ASME - ANSWER American Society of Mechanical
Engineers
1
,ASTM - ANSWER American Society for Testing and
Materials
AWT - ANSWER advanced wastewater treatment
AWWA - ANSWER American Water Works Association
BECP - ANSWER Business Emergency and
Contingency Plan
BNR - ANSWER biological nutrient removal
BOD5 - ANSWER biochemical oxygen demand after
5 days
BTU - ANSWER British thermal unit
C - ANSWER Celsius
Cal-OSHA - ANSWER California Occupational Safety and
Health Act
Cal-EPA - ANSWER California Environmental Protection
Administration
CBOD - ANSWER carbonaceous biochemical oxygen
2
, demand
CCE - ANSWER carbon chloroform extract
CCR - ANSWER California Code of Regulations
cf - ANSWER cubic feet (foot)
CFR - ANSWER Code of Federal Regulations
cfs - ANSWER cubic feet per second
CH4 - ANSWER Methane
CIU
Categorical Industrial User
CIU - ANSWER Categorical Industrial User
CM - ANSWER common mode
CMOM - ANSWER Capacity Management, Operations,
and Maintenance
COD - ANSWER chemical oxygen demand
CPU - ANSWER central processing unit
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