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| AWWA |
American Water Works Association |
| ACWA |
Association of California Water Agencies |
| CASA |
California Association of Sewer Agencies |
| CSDA |
California Special Districts Association |
| CDP |
City of Dana Point |
| CLB |
City of Laguna Beach |
| CSC |
City of San Clemente |
| DHS |
Department of Health Services (State) |
| ISDOC |
Independent Special Districts of Orange County |
| EPA |
Environmental Protection Agency |
| ETWD |
El Toro Water District |
| FEMA |
Federal Emergency Management Agency |
| IRWD |
Irvine Ranch Water District |
| JRWSS |
Joint Regional Water Supply System |
| LBCWD |
Laguna Beach County Water District |
| Met/MWD |
Metropolitan Water District of Southern California |
| MNWD |
Moulton Niguel Water District |
| MWDOC |
Municipal Water District of Orange County |
| OCWD |
Orange COunty Water District |
| RWQCB |
Regional Water Quality Control Board |
| SAWPA |
Santa Ana Watershed Project Authority |
| SCAP |
South County Association of POTWs |
| SCWD |
South Coast Water District |
| SWRCB |
State Water Resources Control Board |
| SOCWA |
South Orange County Wastewater Authority |
| SONGS |
San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station |
| SMWD |
Santa Margarita Water District |
| WACO |
Water Advisory Committee of Orange County |
| WEROC |
Water Emergency Response Organization of Orange County |
| AF |
Acre Feet (of water) |
| AFY |
Acre Foot Per Year (of water) |
| AWT |
Advanced Wastewater Treatment Plant |
| BMP |
Best Management Practices |
| CCF |
100 Cubic Feet of water or 748 gallons |
| CEQA |
California Environmental Quality Act |
| CFS |
Cubic Feet Per Second |
| CIP |
Capital Improvement Plan; Capital Improvement Program; Cured In-Place Pipeline |
| CMMS |
Computerized Maintenance Management System |
| COPS |
Certificates of Participation (bonds) |
| DEIR |
Draft Environmental Impact Report |
| Desal |
Desalination: Removing salts and minerals to make potable water. |
| EIR |
Environmental Impact Report |
| EOC |
Emergency Operations Center |
| ERP |
Emergency Response Plan |
| GIS |
Geographic Information System |
| GO Bond |
General Obligaton Bond |
| GPM |
Gallons Per Minute |
| FOGs/FROGs |
Fats, Roots, Oils & Grease (major cause of sewer spills) |
| GRF |
Groundwater Recovery Facility |
| HE |
High Efficiency (toilets, washers) |
| IRWP |
Integrated Regional Water Plan |
| JTM |
Joint Transmission Main (part of the JRWSS) |
| MCL |
Maximum Contaminant Level (permitted for potable water) |
| NGO |
Non-Governmental Agency |
| NIMS |
National Incident Management System |
| Pay-Go |
Capital Improvement Funding from Customer Rates |
| POTW |
Publicly Owned Treatment Works |
| PSI |
Pounds Per Square Inch |
| RMS |
Reservoir Management System |
| RO |
Reverse Osmosis |
| SCADA |
Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition |
| SEMS |
Standardized Emergency Management System |
| SJC Property |
San Juan Creek Property |
| SSMP |
Sewer System Management Plan |
| SSO/SSOs |
Sanitary Sewer Overflow(s) |
| SSOPP |
Sanitary Sewer Overflow Prevention Plan |
| TDS |
Total Dissolved Solids |
| ULF |
Ultra Low Flow (toilets) |
| UWMP |
Urban Water Management Plan |
| WIP |
Water Importation Pipeline (part of the JRWSS) |
| WUE |
Water Use Efficiency |
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