Water: Total Maximum Daily Loads (303d)
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Total Maximum Daily Loads (303d)
List Of Acronyms
List Of Acronyms
Guidance for Water Quality-Based Decisions:
The TMDL Process
The TMDL Process
| ARAR | Applicable or Relevant and Appropriate Requirements |
| AT | Advanced Treatment |
| BAT | Best Available Technology |
| BCT | Best Conventional Technology |
| BMP | Best Management Practice |
| BOD5 | 5-day Biochemical Oxygen Demand |
| BPJ | Best Professional Judgement |
| BPT | Best Practicable Control Technology |
| CCC | Criteria Continuous Concentration |
| CEAM/BBS | Center for Exposure Assessment Modeling/Electronic Bulletin Board System |
| CERCLA | Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act |
| CFR | Code of Federal Regulations |
| CLP | Clean Lakes Program |
| CMC | Criteria Maximum Concentration |
| CPP | Continuing Planning Process |
| CSO | Combined Sewer Overflow |
| CWA | Clean Water Act |
| DO | Dissolved Oxygen |
| EPA | Environmental Protection Agency |
| FR | Federal Register |
| ICS | Individual Control Strategy |
| LA | Load Allocation |
| LC | Loading Capacity |
| MOS | Margin of Safety |
| NCMP | National Coastal and Marine Policy |
| NEP | National Estuary Program |
| NPDES | National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System |
| NPS | Nonpoint Source |
| POTW | Publicly Owned Treatment Works |
| QA/QC | Quality Assurance/Quality Control |
| SARA | Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act |
| TMDL | Total Maximum Daily Load |
| TRE | Toxic Reduction Evaluation |
| TRI | Toxic Release Inventory |
| TSD | Technical Support Document |
| WBS | Waterbody System |
| WLA | Wasteload Allocation |
| WQMP | Water Quality Management Plan |
| WWTP | Wastewater Treatment Plant |














