Acronyms
A |
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| AB | Assembly Bill |
| ACT | Agency Coordinating Team (CALFED) |
| AF | Acre-foot/acre-feet |
| AFRP | Anadromous fish restoration program (or plan) |
| ARWRI | American River Water Resources Investigation |
| ASIP | Action Specific Implementation Plan |
B |
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| BDAC | Bay-Delta Advisory Council |
| BDCP | Bay-Delta Conservation Plan |
| BDPAC | Bay-Delta Public Advisory Council |
| B/C | Benefit-to-cost (ratio) |
| BMP | Best management practice |
C |
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| Cal/EPA | California Environmental Protection Agency |
| CALFED | CALFED Bay-Delta Program -- state (CAL) and federal (FED) agencies participating in Bay-Delta Accord |
| CALFED ROD | CALFED Bay-Delta Program Record of Decision |
| CBDA | California Bay-Delta Authority |
| CCMP | Comprehensive conservation and management plan (CALFED) |
| CEQA | California Environmental Quality Act |
| CESA | California Endangered Species Act |
| CFS | Cubic feet per second |
| COA | Coordinated Operation Agreement (USBR/DWR) |
| CPUC | California Public Utilities Commission |
| CRB | Colorado River Board |
| CUWCC | California Urban Water Conservation Council |
| CVHJV | Central Valley Habitat Joint Venture |
| CVP | Central Valley Project |
| CVPIA | Central Valley Project Improvement Act |
| CWA | Clean Water Act or California Waterfowl Association |
D |
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| D-1485 | State Water Resources Control Board Water Right Decision 1485 |
| DCC | Delta Cross Channel |
| DEIR | Draft environmental impact report |
| DEIS | draft environmental impact statement |
| DFA | California Department of Food and Agriculture |
| DFG | California Department of Fish and Game |
| DHS | California Department of Health Services |
| DMC | Delta-Mendota Canal |
| DOC | California Department of Conservation |
| DOF | California Department of Finance |
| DPR | Department of Parks and Recreation or Department of Pesticide Regulation |
| DRERIP | Delta Regional Ecosystem Restoration Implementation Plan |
| DRMS | Delta Risk Management Strategy |
| DWR | California Department of Water Resources |
| DWRSIM | DWR’s operations model for SWP/CVP system |
E |
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| EBMUD | East Bay Municipal Utility District |
| EC | Electrical conductivity |
| EDF | Environmental Defense Fund |
| EIR | Environmental impact report |
| EIS | Environmental impact statement |
| ERP | Ecosystem Restoration Program or Plan |
| ESA | Endangered Species Act |
| ET | Evapotranspiration |
| EWA | Environmental Water Account |
F |
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| FACA | Federal Advisory Committee Act |
| FED | Federal Ecosystem Directorate (CALFED) |
| FERC | Federal Energy Regulatory Commission |
| FTDCCSDFF | Frank's
Tract Delta Cross Channel South Delta Fish Facilities Workgroup |
| FY | Fiscal Year |
G |
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| GCID | Glenn-Colusa Irrigation District |
| GIS | Geographic Information Systems |
| GO | General obligation |
| GPM | Gallons per minute |
H |
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| HR | House Resolution |
| HUD | Department of Housing and Urban Development |
I |
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| IDSP | In-Delta Storage Project |
| IEP | Interagency Ecological Program |
| IRP | Integrated resources planning |
| IRWM | Integrated Regional Water Management |
| ISB | Independent Science Board |
| ISDP | Interim South Delta Program |
J |
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| JPA | Joint powers authority |
K |
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| kWh | Kilowatt hour |
L |
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| LAFCO | Local agency formation commission |
| LBG | Los Banos Grandes |
| LEDPA | Least environmentally damaging program alternative (404) |
| LVRE | Los Vaqueros Reservoir Expansion |
M |
|
| M | meter |
| MAF | Million acre-feet |
| MGD | Million gallons per day |
| Mg/L | Milligrams per liter |
| M&I | Municipal & industrial |
| MOU | Memorandum of understanding |
| MSCS | Multi-Species Conservation Strategy |
| MTBE | methyl tertiary butyl ether |
| MUD | Municipal utility district |
| mW | Megawatt |
| MWD | Municipal water district or Metropolitan Water District of Southern California |
N |
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| NED | National economic development (plan) |
| NEPA | National Environmental Policy Act |
| NGO | Non-governmental organization |
| NODOS | North of Delta Off-Stream Storage |
| NOP | Notice of preparation |
| NPDES | National pollutant discharge elimination system |
| NRCS | Natural Resources Conservation Service |
| NWR | National Wildlife Refuge |
O |
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| OCAP | Operations Criteria and Plan |
| O&M | Operations and maintenance |
P |
|
| PCB | Polychlorinated biphenyl |
| PEIR | Programmatic environmental impact report |
| PEIS | Programmatic environmental impact statement |
| PG&E | Pacific Gas and Electric Company |
| PL | Public Law |
| ppb | Parts per billion |
| PROSIM | USBR’s operations model for the CVP/SWP |
| psi | Pounds per square inch |
| PSP | Proposal Solicitation Package |
| PUC | Public utility commission |
| PUD | Public utility district |
Q |
|
R |
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| RBDD | Red Bluff Diversion Dam |
| RCD | Resource conservation district |
| RD | Reclamation district |
| REGIS | Research Program in Environmental Planning and Geographic Information Systems |
| RO | Reverse osmosis |
| ROD | Record of Decision |
| RWQCB | Regional Water Quality Control Board |
S |
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| SAFCA | Sacramento Area Flood Control Agency |
| SB | Senate Bill |
| SB-34 | Delta Flood Protection Act of 1988 |
| SBCFC& | |
| SCCWRRS | Southern California comprehensive water reclamation and reuse study |
| SDIP | South Delta Improvements Program |
| SDWA | South Delta Water Agency |
| SEIS | Supplemental environmental impact statement |
| SFEP | San Francisco Estuary Project |
| SFPUC | San Francisco Public Utility Commission |
| SJRMP | San Joaquin River Management Plan (or Program) |
| SLC | San Luis Canal |
| SLD | San Luis Drain |
| SLWRI | Shasta Lake Water Resources Investigation |
| SMPA | Suisun Marsh Preservation Agreement |
| SRFCP | Sacramento River Flood Control Project |
| SWP | State Water Project |
| SWPP | Source water protection program or supplemental water purchase program |
| SWRCB | State Water Resources Control Board |
T |
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| TAF | Thousand acre-feet |
| TCD | Temperature control device |
| TCE | Trichloroethylene |
| TDF | Through-Delta Facility |
| TDS | Total dissolved solids |
| THM | Trihalomethane |
| TOC | Total organic carbon |
U |
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| UC | University of California |
| UCD | University of California, Davis |
| USACE | US Army Corps of Engineers |
| USBLM | U.S. Bureau of Land Management |
| USBR | US Bureau of Reclamation |
| USDOE | U.S. Department of Energy |
| USDOI | U.S. Department of the Interior |
| USEPA | US Environmental Protection Agency |
| USFS | US Forest Service |
| USFWS | US Fish and Wildlife Service |
| USGS | US Geological Survey |
| USJRBSI | Upper San Joaquin River Basin Storage Investigation |
| USNMFS | U.S. National Marine Fisheries Service |
| USNOAA | U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration |
| UV | Ultraviolet |
V |
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| VAMP | Vernalis adaptive management plan |
| VOC | Volatile organic compound |
W |
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| WMI | Watershed management initiative |
| WQCP | Water quality control plan |
| WR 95-6 | SWRCB Order WR 95-6 |
| WUE | Water Use Efficiency |
| WWD | Westlands Water District |