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AL<\/td>Action level<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
ABC<\/td>Association of Board Certification<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
ADE<\/td>Assistant District Engineer<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
AMP<\/td>Asset Management PLan<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
ARC<\/td>Appalachian Regional Commission<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
ARCSA<\/td>American Rainwater Catchment Association<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
ASDWA<\/td>Association of State Drinking Water Association<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
AWIA<\/td>America's Water Infrastructure Act<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
AWIA EPCRA<\/td>American Water Infrastructure Act Emergency Planning and Community Right to Know<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
AWOP<\/td>Area-Wide Optimization Program<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
AWWA<\/td>American Water Works Association<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
BMP<\/td>Best Management Practices<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
BSSP<\/td>Bacteriological Sampling Site Plan<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
BWA<\/td>Boil Water Advisory<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
CBF<\/td>Chesapeake Bay Foundation<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
CCCP<\/td>Cross Connection Control Plan<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
CCR<\/td>Consumer Confidence Report<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
CDBG<\/td>Community Development Block Grant<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
CERCLA<\/td>Comprehensive Environmental Response Compensation and Liability Act<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
CFR<\/td>Code of Federal Regulations<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
CIFA<\/td>Council of Infrastructure Financing Authorities<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
CIP<\/td>Capital Improvement Plan<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
CMDP<\/td>Compliance Monitoring Data Portal<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
COG<\/td>Council of Governments<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
COMO<\/td>Communications Officer<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
CPE<\/td>Continuing Professional Education<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
CPSM<\/td>Construction & Professional Services Manual<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
CUPSS<\/td>Check-up Program for Small Systems<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
CWDF<\/td>Coalfield Water Development Fund<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
CWF<\/td>Community Water Fluoridation<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
DBP<\/td>Disinfection Byproducts<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
DCLS<\/td>Division of Consolidated Laboratory Services<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
DEQ<\/td>Department of Environmental Quality<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
DHHS<\/td>Department of Health and Human Services<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
DHS<\/td>Department of Homeland Security<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
DIT<\/td>Daily Pressure Decay Test<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
DOC<\/td>Department of Corrections<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
DPB<\/td>Department of Planning and Budget<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
DPOR<\/td>Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
DTS<\/td>Division of Technical Services<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
DWNSA<\/td>Drinking Water Infrastructure Needs Survey and Assessment<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
DWNIMS<\/td>Drinking Water National Information Management System<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
DWSRF<\/td>Drinking Water State Revolving Fund<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
EFCN<\/td>Environmental Finance Center Network<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
EHSS<\/td>Environmental Health Specialist Senior<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
EMMA<\/td>Electronic Municipal Marketing Access<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
EOSAS<\/td>Environmental Services Shared Administrative Services<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
EPA<\/td>U.S. Environmental Protection Agency<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
EPI<\/td>Epidemiology<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
ERP<\/td>Emergency Response PLan<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
ESF<\/td>Emergency Support Function<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
ESSW<\/td>Establishing a Successful and Sustainable Waterworks<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
ETT<\/td>Enforcement Targeting Tool<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
FCAP<\/td>Financial and Construction Assistance Program<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
FOIA<\/td>Freedom of Information Act<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
FY<\/td>Fiscal Year<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
GEC<\/td>Global Environmental Consulting<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
GIS<\/td>Geographic Information System<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
GWR<\/td>Groundwater Rule<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
HAA5<\/td>haloacetic acids (five)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
HAB<\/td>Harmful Algae Bloom<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
HUD<\/td>Housing and Urban Development<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
IADWW<\/td>Imagine a day without water<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
IDA<\/td>Industrial Development Authority<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
IDW<\/td>Instructor Development Workshop<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
IT<\/td>Information Technology<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
IUP<\/td>Intended Use PLan<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
JAM<\/td>Junior Joint Annual Meeting<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
LCR\/LCRR<\/td>Lead and Copper Rule\/Lead and Copper Rule Revisions<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
LHD<\/td>Local Health District<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
LHD<\/td>Local Health Department<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
LIDAR<\/td>Light Detection and Ranging<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
LSL<\/td>Lead Service Lines<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
LSLR<\/td>Lead Service Line Replacement (program)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
LT2<\/td>Long Term 2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
LTR-LCR<\/td>Long-Term Revisions to the Lead and Copper Rule<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
MCB<\/td>Marine Corps Base<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
MCL<\/td>Maximum Contaminant Level<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
mg\/l<\/td>Milligrams per liter (equivalent to parts per million)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
MOA<\/td>Memorandum of Agreement<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
MOU<\/td>Memorandum of Understanding<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
MPN<\/td>Most Probable Numbers<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
NCR<\/td>National Capital Region<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
NNPDC<\/td>Northern Neck PLanning District Commission<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
NOAV<\/td>Notice of Alleged Violation<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
NPDWR<\/td>National Primary Drinking Water Regulations<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
NTNC<\/td>Non-transient non-community waterworks<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
NVERS<\/td>Northern Virginia Emergency Response System<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
OCOM<\/td>Office of the Commissioner<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
OCPE<\/td>Office of Continuing and Professional Education<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
ODW<\/td>Office of Drinking Water<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
OEHS<\/td>Office of Environmental Health Services<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
OEP<\/td>Office of Epidemiology<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
OFHS<\/td>Office of Family Health Services<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
OHR<\/td>Office of Human Resources<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
OIM<\/td>Office of Information Management<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
OMB<\/td>Office of Management and Budget<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
OSIG<\/td>Office of the State Inspector General<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
PER<\/td>Preliminary Engineer Report<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
PFAS<\/td>Per and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
PMCL<\/td>Primary Maximum Contaminant Level<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
POU<\/td>Point of Use<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
ppb<\/td>Parts per Billion (equivalent to micrograms per liter)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
PPD<\/td>Policy & Program Director<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
PRV<\/td>Pressure Reducing Valve<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
PT Log<\/td>Plans Tracking Log<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
PWSL<\/td>Public Water Supply Law, Code of Virginia \u00a7\u00a7 32.1-167 through 32.1-176<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
PWSS<\/td>Public Water System Supervision<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
R&R<\/td>Reporting & Retrieval<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
RPZ<\/td>Reduced Pressure Zone<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
RTCR<\/td>Revised Total Coliform Rule<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
SBS<\/td>Shared Business Services<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
SCADA<\/td>Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
SDWA<\/td>Safe Drinking Water Act, 42 U.S.C. \u00a7 300f et seq.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
SDWIS<\/td>Safe Drinking Water Information System<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
SERCAP<\/td>Southeast Rural Community Assistance Program<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
SME<\/td>Subject Matter Experts<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
SOC<\/td>Synthetic Organic Compounds<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
SPE<\/td>Small Projects Engineering<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
SSUP<\/td>Seasonal Startup Plan<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
SWAP<\/td>Source Water Assessment Program<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
SWIFT<\/td>Safe Water Information Field Tool<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
SWIM<\/td>Sustainable Water Infrastructure Management<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
SWIMR<\/td>Safe Water Information Management Reporting<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
SWPP<\/td>Source Water Protection Program<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
SWTP<\/td>Surface Water Treatment Plant<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
TCR<\/td>Total Coliform Rule<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
TMF<\/td>Technical, managerial and financial<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
TNC<\/td>Transient Noncommunity Waterworks<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
TOC<\/td>Total Organic Carbon<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
TSC<\/td>Technical Support Center<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
TTHM<\/td>total trhalomethanes<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
USDA<\/td>United State Department of Agriculture<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
VA WARN<\/td>Virginia Water\/Wastewater Agency Response Network<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
VAC<\/td>Virginia Administrative Code<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
VCE<\/td>Virginia Correctional Enterprises<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
VCU PMG<\/td>Virginia Commonwealth University Performance Management Group<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
VCWA<\/td>Virginia Carolina Water Authority<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
VDEM<\/td>Virginia Department of Emergency Management<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
VDH<\/td>Virginia Department of Health<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
VEST<\/td>Virginia Emergency Support Team<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
VOP<\/td>Virginia Optimization Program<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
VPDES<\/td>Virginia Pollutant Discharge Elimination System<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
VPFP<\/td>Virginia Pooled Financing Program<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
VRA<\/td>Virginia Resources Authority<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
VRWA<\/td>Virginia Rural Water Association<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
VWEA<\/td>Virginia Water Environment Association<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
VWSRF<\/td>Virginia Water Supply Revolving Fund<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
WAC<\/td>Waterworks Advisory Committee<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
WBOP<\/td>Waterworks Business Operation Plan<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
WEP<\/td>Rural Utilities Service Water and Environmental Programs<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
WIFIA<\/td>Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
WIIN<\/td>Water Infrastructure Improvements of the Nation Act<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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