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Acronym
BC
Black carbon
BOD
Biochemical oxygen demand
CBOD
Carbonaceous biochemical oxygen demand
CCS
Carbon capture and sequestration
CDE
Carbon dioxide equivalent
CERT
Community Emergency Response Team
COD
Chemical oxygen demand
CPG
Comprehensive Preparedness Guide
CWA
Clean Water Act
DAF
Dissolved air flotation
DAFF
Dissolved air flotation and filtration.
DEM
Digital Elevation Model
DGF
Dissolved gas flotation
DO
Dissolved oxygen
ED
Endocrine disruptor
EDC
Endocrine-disrupting compounds
FEMA
Federal Emergency Management Agency
F-Cell
Dissolved air flotation cell, or DAF
FF-Cell
Dissolved air flotation and filtration cell or DAFF
GAC
Granular activated carbon
GAO
Glycogen-accumulating organisms
GIS
Geographic Information System
GW
Global warming
GWP
Global warming potential
HC
Hydrocarbons
HCFC
Hydrochlorofluorocarbons
HRT
Hydraulic retention time
IE
Industrial ecology
IPCC
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
KAMWT
Krofta Advanced Municipal Water Treatment
MBR
Membrane bioreactor
MGD
Million gallons per day
ML
Mixed liquor
MLSSs
Mixed liquor suspended solids
MMTCO 2 Eq Million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalents
MPN
Most probable number
N
Nitrogen
N 2
Nitrogen gas
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