GLOSSARY OF ACRONYMS

Organizations

ADEQ -- Arizona Department of Environmental Quality
ADHS -- Arizona Department of Health Services
ADWR -- Arizona Department of Water Resources
CILA -- ComisiSn Internacional de LZmites y Aguas
CNA -- ComisiSn Nacional del Agua
EPA -- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
IBWC -- International Boundary Water Commission
INEGI -- Instituto Nacional de EstadZstica GeografZa e Informùtica
ITSON -- Instituto TecnolSgico de Sonora
SEDESOL -- SecretarZa de Desarrollo Social
SSP -- SecretarZa de Salud Pñblica
SIUE -- SecretarZa de Infraestructura Urbana y EcologZa
USGS -- U.S. Geological Survey
WRRC -- Water Resources Research Center, University of Arizona

Other Acronyms

CERCLA -- Comprehensive Environmental Restoration Compensation and Liability Act
EWI -- Equal Width Increment
FIPS -- Federal Information Processing Standard
GIS -- Geographic Information System
GPS -- Global Positioning System
HPLC -- High Pressure Liquid Chromatography
MSDE -- Minimum Set of Data Elements
NTU -- Nephelometric Turbidity Unit
PCB -- Polychlorinated biphenyl
POC -- Purgeable Organic Carbon
POX -- Purgeable Organic Halogen
QAPP -- Quality Assurance Project Plan
QA/QC -- Quality Assurance/Quality Control
RCRA -- Resource Conservation and Recovery Act
STORET -- EPA STOrage & RETrieval data system (water quality)
TOC -- Total Organic Carbon
TOX -- Total Organic Halogen
UTM -- Universal Trans Meridian
VOC -- Volatile Organic Compounds