Stormwater Acronyms
Stormwater Simplified
Stormwater runoff is precipitation that does not infiltrate the soil. Instead, it flows over land areas or through storm drains into other bodies of water. The following acronyms are commonly used to describe stormwater management practices and regulations.
# | A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | L | M | N | O | P | Q | S | T | U | W
A
- ABACT – Antidegradation Best Combination of Technologies (HQ and EV Streams)
- AMD – Abandoned Mine Drainage
C
- CAAP – Concentrated Aquatic Animal Production Facility
- CAFO – Concentrated Animal Feeding Operation
- CAST – Chesapeake Assessment Scenario Tool
- CBPRP – Chesapeake Bay Pollutant Reduction Plan
- CCD – County Conservation District
- CFR – Code of Federal Regulations
- cfs – Cubic Feet Per Second
- COD – Chemical Oxygen Demand
- CSL – Clean Streams Law
- CWA – Clean Water Act
E
- E&S – Erosion & Sediment
- ED – Extended Detention
- eFACTS – Environment, Facility, Application, Compliance Tracking System
- EPA – Environmental Protection Agency
- ESC – Erosion & Sediment Control
- EV - Exceptional Value Stream
F
- FCWA – Federal Clean Water Act
- FEMA – Federal Emergency Management Agency
- FWPCA – Federal Water Pollution Control Act
H
- HQ - High Quality Stream
- HSO – Hydrologic Soil Group
- HVAC – Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning
M
- MCM – Minimum Control Measure
- MEP – Mechanical, Electrical, Plumbing
- MS4 – Municipal Separate Storm Sewer System
N
- NAD – North American Datum
- NAICS – North American Industry Classification System
- NOAA – National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
- NPDES – National Pollution Discharge Elimination System
P
- PCB – Polychlorinated Biphenyl
- PCSM/CSWM - Post-Construction Stormwater Management
- PCM – Pollutant Control Measure
- PEOP – Public Education and Outreach Program
- PIPP – Public Involvement and Participation Program
- POTW – Publicly Owned Treatment Works
- PRP – Pollutant Reduction Plan
S
- SCM – Stormwater Control Measures
- SDWA – Safe Drinking Water Act
- SEPA – State Environmental Policy Act
- SIC – Standard Industrial Classification
- SOP – Standard Operating Procedure
- SWM – Stormwater Management
- SWMP – Stormwater Management Program
- SWPPP – Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plan
T
- TDS – Total Dissolved Solids
- TMDL – Total Maximum Daily Load
- TN – Total Nitrogen
- TP – Total Phosphorus
- TRC – Total Residual Chlorine
- TSS – Total Suspended Solids
W
- WIP – Watershed Implementation Plan
- WLA – Waste Load Allocation
- WQM – Water Quality Management
- WQMA – Water Quality Management Area
- WQv – Water Quality Volume
- WRIA – Water Resource Inventory Area