Acronyms
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ABC |
Agri-Business Council |
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ACC |
Arizona Corporation Commission |
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ADEQ |
Arizona Dept of Environmental Quality |
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ADWR |
Arizona Dept of Water Resources |
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AF |
Acre-foot |
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AFY |
Acre-feet per year of water flow; multiply by 0.620 to convert to gallons per minute; divide by 724 to convert to cubic fet per second. |
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AG&F |
Arizona Game & Fish (Dept) |
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AGFD |
Arizona Game & Fish Department |
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AHI |
Area of hydrologic impact |
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AMA |
Active Management Area |
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AMPUA |
Arizona Municipal Power Users Association |
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AMWUA |
Arizona Municipal Water Users Association |
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APA |
Arizona Power Authority |
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APCO |
Public relations firm (not an acronym) |
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APP |
Aquifer Protection Permit |
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APPA |
American Public Power Association |
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APS |
Arizona Public Service Company |
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APWA |
American Public Works Association |
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ARWA |
Arizona Rural Water Association |
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ASR |
Acquifer storage & recovery |
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AVRP |
Avra Valley Recharge Project |
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AWBA |
Arizona Water Banking Authority |
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AWPCA |
Arizona Water & Pollution Control Association |
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AWPFC |
Arizona Water Protection Fund Commission |
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AWS |
Assured Water Supply |
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AWWA |
American Water Works Association |
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AzWC |
Arizona Water Company |
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BECC |
Border Environment Cooperation Commission |
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BIA |
Bureau of Indian Affairs |
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BKW |
BKW Farms, Inc. |
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BMP |
Best Management Practices |
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BOR |
Bureau of Reclamation |
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CAGRD |
Central Arizona Groundwater Replenishment District |
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CAIDD |
Central Arizona Irrigation and Drainage District |
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CAP |
Central Arizona Project |
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CAPA |
Central Arizona Project Association |
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CASA |
Conservation Alliance of Southern Arizona |
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CASI |
Central Arizona Salinity Interceptor |
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CAVSRP |
Central Avra Valley Storage and Recovery Project |
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CAWCD |
Central Arizona Water Conservation District |
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CDO |
Canada del Oro |
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CDODRP |
Canada del Oro Demonstration Recharge Project |
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CE |
Categorical exclusion |
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cfs |
Cubic feet per second |
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CHCID |
Chandler Heights Citrus Irrigation District |
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CIP |
Capital Improvement Project |
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cip |
Clean in place |
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cm2 |
Square centimeters |
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CMID |
Cortaro-Marana Irrigation District |
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CO2 |
Carbon dioxide |
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COLA |
Cost of Living Adjustment |
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CRC |
Colorado River Commission (of Nevada) |
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CREDA |
Colorado River Energy Distributors Association |
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CRSP |
Colorado River Storage Project |
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CRWUA |
Colorado River Water Users Association |
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CT |
Conventinal treatment (coagulation/precipitation & rapid sand filtration) |
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CWAC |
Citizens Water Advisory Committee |
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CY |
Calendar year |
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D/DBPR |
Disinfectant/disinfection by-products rule |
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DBPs |
Disinfection by-products |
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DEIS |
Draft Environmental Impact Statement |
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ADEQ |
Arizona Department of Environmental Quality |
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DIF |
Developer Impact Fee |
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DOE |
Department of Energy |
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DOI |
Department of Interior |
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ADWR |
Arizona Department of Water Resources |
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E&Y |
Ernst & Young |
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EA |
Environmental Assessment |
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EIS |
Environmental Impact Statement |
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ENR |
Engineering News Record |
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ENRLS |
Environmental & Natural Resources Law Section (newsletter) |
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EPA |
Environmental Protection Agency |
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ERT |
Energy Recovery Turbine |
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ESA |
Endangered Species Act |
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ESWTR |
Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule |
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FEMA |
Federal Emergency Management Agency |
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FERC |
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission |
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FICO |
Farmers Investment Company |
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FMIC |
Ft. McDowell Indian Community |
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FONSI |
Finding of No Significant Impart |
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ft |
foot; feet |
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ft2 |
square feet |
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FWID |
Flowing Wells Irrigation District |
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FWS |
Fish and Wildlife Service |
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GAO |
General Accounting Office |
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gfd |
Gallons per square foot per day membrane water flux |
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GICO |
Groundwater Investigation and Consent Order |
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GMA |
groundwater Management Act |
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GPCD |
gallons per capita per day |
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gpd/ft |
gallons per day per foot |
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gpd/ft2 |
gallons per day per square foot |
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gpm |
gallons per minute |
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gpm/ft2 |
gallons per minute per square foot |
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CAGRD |
Central Arizona Groundwater Replenishment District |
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GRIC |
Gila River Indian Community |
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GRUSP |
Granite Reef Underground Storage Project |
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GUAC |
Groundwater Users Advisory Council |
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GWS |
Groundwater Savings |
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HAA |
Haloacetic acid |
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HDPE |
High-density polyethylene |
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HIDD |
Hohokam Irrigation and Drainage District |
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HLR |
Hydraulic loading rate, gpm/ft2 |
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hp |
horsepower |
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HUWTF |
Hayden-Udall Water Treatment Facility |
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HVID |
Harquahala Valley Irrigation District |
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IBEW |
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers |
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IEDA |
Irrigation and Electrical Districts Association |
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IOU |
Investor Owned Utility |
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IPAG |
Institutional & Policy Advisory Group |
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IUS |
Interstate Underground Storage |
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kg |
kilogram(s) |
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LADWP |
Los Angeles Department of Water and Power |
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LCR |
Lead & Copper Rule |
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LSCRRP |
Lower Santa Cruz River Replenishment Project |
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LT1ESWT/FBR |
Long Term 1 Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Filter Backwash Rule |
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m |
meter(s) |
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M&I |
Municipal and Industrial |
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m/h |
meters per hour |
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m2 |
square meters |
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m3/hr |
Cubic meters per hour |
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MCFCD |
Maricopa County Flood Control District |
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MCL |
Maximum Contaminant Level |
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MCP |
Municipal Property Corporation |
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MDWID |
Metropolitan Domestic Water Improvement District |
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MF |
Microfiltration |
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mg/L |
milligrams per liter |
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MGD |
Million gallons per day; multiply by 1,121 to convert to acre-feet/year |
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ml |
milliliter |
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mm |
millimeter(s) |
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MOA |
Memorandum of Agreement |
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MOU |
Memorandum of Understanding |
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MPN |
Most Probable Number |
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MRDLG |
Maximum residual disinfectant level goal |
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MSIDD |
Maricopa Stanfield Irrigation and Drainage District |
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MWD |
Maricopa Water District |
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MWD |
Metropolitan Water District of Southern California |
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NEPA |
National Environmental Policy Act |
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NESARC |
National Endangered Species Act Reform Coalition |
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NGS |
Navajo Generating Station |
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NMIDD |
New Magma Irrigation and Drainage District |
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NoWA |
Northwest Water Alliance |
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NPC |
Nevada Power Company |
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NPCCP |
Non-Per Capita Conservation Program |
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NPDES |
National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System |
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NRECA |
National Rural Electric Cooperative Association |
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NRP |
Tucson Active Management Area Northwest Replenishment Program |
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NWRA |
National Water Resources Association |
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O&M |
Operation and Maintenance |
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OM&R |
Operation, Maintenance, and Replacement |
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OMB |
Office of Management and Budget |
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PAG |
Pima Association of Governments |
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PAO |
Phoenix Area Office of Western Area Power Administration |
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PCE |
percloroethylene (as industrial solvent) |
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PCFCD |
Pima Country Flood Control District |
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PCWW |
Pima County Wastewater |
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PF |
Plant factor |
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PMA |
Power Marketing Administration |
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PMRPRP |
Pima Mine Road Pilot Recharge Project |
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PMSC |
Programmable Master Supervisory Control |
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POST |
Parks, Open Space and Trails |
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psi |
Pounds per square inch pressure; divide by 114.5 to convert to bars; multiply by 6.895 to convert to kPa. |
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PVC |
Polyvinylchloride |
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PWS |
Public Water System |
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PXAO |
Phoenix Area Office of Bureau of Reclamation |
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QCID |
Queen Creek Irrigation District |
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QCIDD |
Queen Creek Irrigation & Drainage District |
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BOR |
Bureau of Reclamation |
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REPP |
Regional Effluent Planning Partnership |
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RO |
Reverse Osmosis |
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RRC |
Resource Research Center |
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RRC |
Regional Recharge Committee |
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RSEDRA |
Reclamation States Emergency Drought Relief Act |
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RTU |
Remost Terminal Unit |
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RVSA |
Rancho Vistoso Supplemental Agreement |
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RWCD |
Roosevelt Water Conservation District |
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SARWMS |
Southern Arizona Regional Water Management Study |
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SAWARA |
Southern Arizona Water Resources Association |
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SAWRSA |
Southern Arizona Water Rights Settlement Act |
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SAWUA |
Southern Arizona Water User's Association |
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SCADA |
Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition |
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SCAT |
San Carlos Apache Tribe |
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SCR |
Solid Contact Reactor |
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SDI |
Silt Density Index |
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SDP |
State Demonstration Project |
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SDWA |
Safe Drinking Water Act |
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SNWA |
Southern Nevada Water Authority |
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SOC |
Synthetic Organic Compound |
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SROG |
AZ Municipal Water Users Assoc. Sub-Regional Operating Group |
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SRP |
Salt River Project |
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SRPMIC |
Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community |
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SRVWUA |
Salt River Valley Water Users Association |
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SSF |
Slowsand filtration |
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STID |
San Tan Irrigation District |
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SUVA |
Specific Ultraviolet Absorbance |
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SWRTA |
Southwest Regional Transmission Association |
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SWTR |
Surface Water Treatment Rule |
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TAMA |
Tucson Active Management Area |
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TASRI |
Tucson Aqueduct System Reliability Investigation |
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TC |
Total coliform |
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TCR |
Total Coliform Rule |
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TDS |
Total Dissolved Solids |
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TEP |
Tucson Electric Power |
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THM |
Trihalomethance |
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TID |
Tonopah Irrigation District |
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TMP |
Third Management Plan |
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TOC |
Total Organic Carbon Concentration, mg/L |
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TRWC |
Tucson Regional Water Council |
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TTHM |
Total trihalomethane |
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UF |
Ultrafiltration |
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USBR |
U.S. Bureau of Reclamation |
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USCID |
U.S. Committee on Irrigation and Drainage |
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USF |
Underground storage facility |
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USFWS |
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service |
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UWS |
Underground Water Storage, Savings, and Replenishment Act |
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VOC |
Volatile organic compound |
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WAPA |
Western Area Power Administration |
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Water CASA |
Water Conservation Alliance of Southern Arizona |
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WCPA |
Water Consumer Protection Act |
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WESTCAS |
Western Coalition of Arid States |
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WHPs |
Wellhead Protection Programs |
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WIFA |
Water Infrastructure Finance Authority of Arizona |
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WPCF |
Water Pollution Control Facility |
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WRRC |
Water Resources Research Center |
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WS |
Water Storage |
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WWFD |
Whole Water Facilities District |
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