ALU

Aquatic Life Use

AU

Assessment unit

BIG

Bacteria Implementation Group

BMP

Best Management Practices

CFS

Cubic feet per second

CMS

Coordinated Monitoring Schedule

CN

Concern for near-nonattainment

CRP

Clean Rivers Program

CS

Concern for screening levels

CWA

Clean Water Act

DMR

Discharge Monitoring Report

DO

Dissolved oxygen

EIH

Environmental Institute of Houston, University of Houston-Clear Lake

EPA

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

FROG

Fats, rags, oil, and grease

FS

Fully-supporting designated use

GBEP

Galveston Bay Estuary Program

GBF

Galveston Bay Foundation

HCFCD

Harris County Flood Control District

H-GAC

Houston-Galveston Area Council

HSC

Houston Ship Channel

I-Plan

Implementation plan

IR

Texas Integrated Report for Clean Water Act Sections 305(b) and 303(d)

km

Kilometer

L

Liter

LOESS

Locally-weighted least squares plot

LOQ

Limit of quantitation

mg

Milligram

MGD

Millions of gallons per day

mi

Mile

mL

Milliliter

MPN

Most probable number

NC

No concern

NCR

Noncontact recreation

NPDES

National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System

NPS

Nonpoint source pollution

NS

Nonsupport for a designated use

OSSF

On-site sewage facility

PCB

Polychlorinated biphenyl

PCR

Primary contact recreation

QAPP

Quality assurance project plan

RUAA

Recreational use attainment analysis

SAS

Statistical Analysis System

SEP

Supplemental environmental project

SJRA

San Jacinto River Authority

SSO

Sanitary sewer overflow

SSS

Sanitary sewer system

SWQM

Surface Water Quality Monitoring

SWQMIS

Surface Water Quality Monitoring Information System

TCEQ

Texas Commission on Environmental Quality

TDS

Total dissolved solids

TDSHS

Texas Department of State Health Services

TKN

Total Kjeldahl Nitrogen

TMDL

Total maximum daily load

TPDES

Texas Pollutant Discharge Elimination System

TRIES

Texas Research Institute for Environmental Studies

TSS

Total suspended solids

TSWQS

Texas Surface Water Quality Standards

UAA

Use attainability analysis

USGS

U.S. Geological Survey

WPP

Watershed protection plan

WWTF

Wastewater treatment facility