QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED ANSWERS
A+ GRADE
1. AA: atomic absorption
2. AC: power alternating current
3. ac: acre
4. AF: acre-foot (feet)
5. AFY: acre-foot per year
6. AMSA: Association of Metropolitan Sewerage
Agencies
7. ANSI: American National Standards Institute
8. APHA: American Public Health Association
9. AS: activated sludge
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,10. ASCE: American Society of Civil Engineers
11. ASME: American Society of Mechanical
Engineers
12. ASTM: American Society for Testing and
Materials
13. AWT: advanced wastewater treatment
14. AWWA: American Water Works Association
15. BECP: Business Emergency and
Contingency Plan
16. BNR: biological nutrient removal
17. BOD5: biochemical oxygen demand after 5
days
18. BTU: British thermal unit
19. C: Celsius
20. Cal-OSHA: California Occupational Safety and
Health Act
21. Cal-EPA: California Environmental Protection
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22. CBOD: carbonaceous biochemical oxygen
demand
23. CCE: carbon chloroform extract
24. CCR: California Code of Regulations
25. cf: cubic feet (foot)
26. CFR: Code of Federal Regulations
27. cfs: cubic feet per second
28. CH4: Methane
29. CIU
Categorical Industrial User CIU:
Categorical Industrial User
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