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Acronyms
 

A.A.C.                 Arizona Administrative Code

ABC                    Agri-Business Council

ACC                    Arizona Corporation Commission

ACP                    Alternative Conservation Program

ADEQ                   Arizona Department of Environmental Quality

ADES                   Arizona Department of Economic Security

ADHS                   Arizona Department of Health Services

AF                     Acre-foot

AG                     Attorney General

AGFD                   Arizona Game and Fish Department

AGTAC                  Agricultural Technical Advisory Committee

AMA                    Active Management Area

AMPUA                  Arizona Municipal Power Users Association

AMWUA                  Arizona Municipal Water Users Association

APA                    Arizona Power Authority

APPA                   American Public Power Association

APP                    Aquifer Protection Permit

APS                    Arizona Public Service

A.R.S.                 Arizona Revised Statutes

ASFC                   area of similar farming conditions

AWBA                   Arizona Water Banking Authority

AWPF                   Arizona Water Protection Fund

AWQS                   Aquifer Water Quality Standard

AWRAB                  Arizona Water Resources Advisory Board

AWS Program            Assured Water Supply Program

AWS Rules              Assured Water Supply Rules

AWWA                   American Water Works Association

AZMET                  Arizona Meteorological Network

BADCT                  Best Available Demonstrated Control Technology

BECC                   Border Environment Cooperation Commission

BIA                    Bureau of Indian Affairs

BLM                    Bureau of Land Management

BMP Program            Best Management Practices Program

BMPs                   best management practices

BOR                    Bureau of Reclamation

CAGRD                  Central Arizona Groundwater Replenishment District

CAP                    Central Arizona Project

CAWCD                  Central Arizona Water Conservation District

CCN                    Certificate of Convenience and Necessity

CC&Rs                  Conditions, Covenants, and Restrictions

CERCLA                 Comprehensive Environmental Response Compensation and Liability Act

Certificate of AWS     Certificate of Assured Water Supply

CFS                    cubic feet per second

CNA                    Mexican National Water Commission

Code                                      Groundwater Code, Groundwater Management Code

COE                    United States Corp of Engineers

Commission             Governor’s Water Management Commission

CREDA                  Colorado River Energy Distributors Association

CRWUA                  Colorado River Water Users Association

CSIF                   CAP/SRP Interconnect Facility

CWA                    Clean Water Act

DBP                    disinfection by-products

DCE                    dichloroethylene

DDT                    2-bis (p-chlorophenyl) ethane

Department             Arizona Department of Water Resources

Designation of AWS     Designation of Assured Water Supply

DOE                    Department of Energy

DOI                    Department of the Interior

EA                     Environmental Assessment

East SRV               East Salt River Valley

EIS                    Environmental Impact Statement

EPA                    Environmental Protection Agency

EQA                    Environmental Quality Act

ESA                    Endangered Species Act

FAIR                   Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act

FERC                   Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

FICO                   Farmers Investment Company

ft bls                 feet below land surface 

FMIC                   Ft. McDowell Indian Community

FMP                    First Management Plan

4.4                    California 4.4 Plan

GFR                    Grandfathered Right

GIU                    General Industrial Use Permits

GMA                    Groundwater Management Act

GPCD                   gallons per capita per day

GPHUD                  gallons per housing unit per day

gpm                    gallons per minute

GPS                    Global Positioning System

GRD                    Groundwater Replenishment District

GRIC                   Gila River Indian Community

GRUSP                  Granite Reef Underground Storage Project

GSA                    groundwater storage account

GSF                    Groundwater Savings Facility

GUAC                   Groundwater Users Advisory Council

IBWC                   International Boundary and Water Commission

ICAP                   Irrigation Conservation Assistance Program

ID                     Irrigation District

IEDA                   Irrigation and Electrical Districts Association

IGA                    intergovernmental agreement

IGFR                   Irrigation Grandfathered Right

IMS                    Irrigation Management Service

INA                    Irrigation Non-Expansion Area

IPAG                   Institutional/Policy Advisory Group

IPP                    Institutional Provider Program

IRP                    Irrigation Restoration Program

LAU                    Lower Alluvial Unit

LSCRRP                 Lower Santa Cruz River Replenishment Project

MAG                    Maricopa Association of Governments

MAU                    Middle Alluvial Unit

MCL                    Maximum Contaminant Level

mg/l                   milligrams per liter

mgd                    million gallons per day

M&I                    municipal and industrial

MOA                    Memorandum of Agreement

MOU                    Memorandum of Understanding

MSCP                   Multi-Species Conservation Program

msl                    mean sea level

NAFTA                  North American Free Trade Agreement

NEPA                   National Environmental Policy Act

NOI                    Notice of Intent

NPCCP                  Non-Per Capita Conservation Program

NPDES                  National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System

NPL                    National Priorities List

NRCS                   Natural Resources Conservation Service

NWRA                   National Water Resources Association

O&M                    Operation and Maintenance

OM&R                   Operation, Maintenance, and Replacement

PCE                    tetrachloroethylene

PCWAA                  Pinal County Water Augmentation Authority

PDA                    planned depletion allowance

ppm                    parts per million

ppoh                   persons per occupied household

PWC                    private water company

RAP                    Remedial Action Plan

RCM                    Reasonable Conservation Measure

RCRA                   Resource Conservation and Recovery Act

REPP                   Regional Effluent Planning Project

RFP                    request for proposal

ROD                    Record of Decision

RRA                    Reclamation Reform Act

RSEDRA                 Reclamation States Emergency Drought Relief Act

SAWARA                 Southern Arizona Water Rights Resources Association

SAWRSA                 Southern Arizona Water Rights Settlement Act

SCAT                   San Carlos Apache Tribe

SDWA                   Safe Drinking Water Act

Secretary              U.S. Secretary of the Interior

SLD                    State Land Department

SMCL                   Secondary Maximum Contaminant Level

SMP                    Second Management Plan

SRP                    Salt River Project

SRPMIC                 Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community

SYTF                   Safe Yield Task Force

TAC                    Technical Advisory Committee

TCE                    trichloroethylene

TDS                    total dissolved solids

TEP                    Tucson Electric and Power

THM                    trihalomethanes

TMP                    Third Management Plan

TRWC                   Tucson Regional Water Council

UAU                    Upper Alluvial Unit

USBR                   United States Bureau of Reclamation

USDA                   United States Department of Agriculture

USF                    underground storage facility

USFWS                  United States Fish and Wildlife Service

USGS                   United States Geological Survey

UST                    underground storage tank

UWS                    Underground Water Storage, Savings, and Replenishment Program

VOC                    volatile organic compound

WAPA                   Western Area Power Administration

WCMP                   Water Conservation Management Program

WCPA                   Water Consumer Protection Act

WESTCAPS               West Valley CAP Subcontractors

WESTCAS                Western Coalition of Arid States

West SRV               West Salt River Valley

WIFA                   Water Infrastructure Finance Authority

WMAP                   Water Management Assistance Program

WQARF                  Water Quality Assurance Revolving Fund                      

WWTP                   Wastewater treatment plant

 

 

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