| ACoE |
Army Corps of Engineers, U.S. Department of Defense (see
also USACE) |
| ARS |
Agricultural Research Service, USDA |
| ASR |
Aquifer Storage and Recovery |
| BMP |
Best Management Practice |
| C- |
Canal or a basin named for a canal |
| CEC |
Cation Exchange Capacity |
| CERP |
Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan |
| CES |
Cooperative Extension Service |
| CFR |
Code of Federal Regulations |
| CO |
Combined Sewer Overflows |
| CPCO |
Certified Pest Control Organization |
| CROGEE |
Committee on Restoration of the Greater Everglades Ecosystem |
| C&SF |
Central and South Florida |
| CWS |
Community Water Systems |
| DACS |
Department of Agriculture
and Consumer Services, State of
Florida |
| DCA |
Department of Community Affairs, State of Florida |
| DEP |
Department of Environmental Protection, State of Florida |
| DO |
Dissolved Oxygen |
| DOF |
Department of Forestry, State of Florida |
| DON |
Dissolved Organic Nitrogen |
| DOT |
Department of Transportation, possibly U.S. (see also FDOT) |
| DPEP |
Department
of Planning and Environmental Protection, Broward County,
now EPD |
| DRP |
Department of Recreation and Parks, State of Florida |
| DRP |
Disaster Recovery Planning |
| EA |
Environmental Assessment |
| EAA |
Everglades Agricultural Area |
| ECP |
Everglades Construction Project |
| EFA |
Everglades Forever Act |
| EIS |
Environmental Impact Statement |
| ELM |
Environmental Landscape Management |
ELM
|
Everglades Landscape Model |
| ENP |
Everglades National Park |
| EPA |
Everglades Protection Area |
| EPA |
Environmental Protection
Agency, U. S. Government |
| EPD |
Broward County Planning and Redevelopment Division, formerly http://www.broward.org/environment/, Broward County, formerly DPEP, Department of Environmental Protection, http://www.broward.org/environment |
| EPPC |
Exotic Plant Pest Council |
| EQCB |
Environmental Quality Control Board, Broward County, superseded
by EPD |
| ESA |
Endangered Species Act |
| ESP |
Everglades Stormwater Program |
| ET |
Evapotranspiration |
| ETAC |
Everglades Technical Advisory Committee |
| F.A.C. |
Florida Administrative Code |
| FCA |
Florida Cattlemen's Association |
| FDACS |
Department
of Agriculture and Consumer Services, State of Florida |
| FDEP |
Department of Environmental Protection, State of Florida |
| FDOT |
Florida Department of Transportation |
| FFA |
Florida Forestry Association |
| FGCSA |
Florida Golf Course Superintendents Association |
| FIFRA |
Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act |
| FNGLA |
Florida Nursery Grower and Landscapers Association |
| FPCA |
Florida Pest Control Association |
| F.S. |
Florida Statute |
| FTGA |
Florida Turfgrass Association |
| FWC |
Fish and Wildlife Commission, State of Florida |
FWS
|
Fish and Wildlife Service, U.S. Department of the Interior |
| FYN |
Florida Yards and Neighborhoods |
| GIS |
Geographic Information System |
| IBDU |
Isobutylidene Diurea, a form of nitrogen |
| IFAS |
Institute of Food and Agricultural
Sciences, University of
Florida |
| IPM |
Integrated Pest Management |
| IWRP |
Integrated Water Resources Plan by DEP |
| L- |
Levee |
| LID |
Low Impact Development |
| LNWR |
Arthur R. Marshall Loxahatchee
National Wildlife Refuge, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
|
| MCL |
Maximum Contaminant Levels |
| MDL |
Minimum Detection Limit or Method Detection Limit ? |
| MOA |
Memorandum of Agreement |
| N |
Nitrogen |
| NOAA |
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration |
| NPDES |
National Pollution Discharge Elimination System |
| NRC |
National Research Council |
| NRCS |
National Resources Conservation
Service, USDA |
| OM |
Organic Matter - often measured as percent dry weight |
| P |
Phosphorus, often measured as phosphoric acid, P2O5 |
| PAH |
Poly Aromatic Hydrocarbons |
| PCB |
Poly Chlorinated Biphenyls |
| PLCAA |
Professional Lawn Care Association of America |
| PLRG |
Pollution Load Reduction Goal |
| PON |
Particulate Organic Nitrogen |
| PUD |
Planned Unit Development |
| RAS |
Regulatory Action Statement |
| S- |
Structure, e.g. a water pumping station |
| SCU |
Sulfur-Coated Urea |
| SFAPMS |
South Florida Aquatic Plant Management Society |
| SFWMD |
South Florida Water Management District |
| SRP |
Soluble Reactive Phosphorus |
| STA |
Stormwater Treatment Area |
| STE |
Septic Tank Effluent |
| SWCD |
Soil and Water Conservation District |
| SWFWMD |
Southwest Florida Water Management District |
| SWIS |
Suburface Wastewater Infiltration System |
| TDS |
Total Dissolved Salts |
| TKN |
Total Kjelhdahl N |
| TMDL |
Total Maximum Daily Load |
| TP |
Total Phosphorus |
| TSS |
Total Soluble Solids |
| USACE |
United
States Army Corps of Engineers,
U.S. Department of Defense (see also ACoE) |
| USDA |
United States Department of Agriculture |
| USFWS |
Fish and Wildlife Service, U.S. Department of the Interior |
| USGS |
United States Geological Survey,
Department of the Interior |
| VOC |
Volatile Organic Compound |
| WCA |
Water Conservation Area |
| WEA |
Wildlife Environmental Area |
| WIN |
Water-Insoluble Nitrogen |
| WMD |
Water Management District |
| WPA |
Water Preserve Area |
| WWTP |
Waste Water Treatment Plant |
