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Confronting the Nation’s Water Problems: The Role of Research
DOE
U.S. Department of Energy
DOI
U.S. Department of Interior
EDRP
Exposure-Dose Reconstruction Program
EMAP
Environmental Monitoring and Assessment Program
ENSO
El Niño Southern Oscillation
EPA
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
ERS
Economic Research Service (USDA)
ESTCP
Environmental Security Technology Certification Program (DoD)
FCCSET
Federal Coordinating Council for Science, Engineering, and Technology
FCST
Federal Council for Science and Technology
FGDC
Federal Geographic Data Committee
FHA
Federal Housing Administration
FWS
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (DOI)
GAO
U.S. General Accounting Office
GDP
gross domestic product
GIS
Geographic Information Systems
GLERL
Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory (NOAA)
GLHHERP
Great Lakes Human Health Effects Research Program
GRACE
Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment
HBN
Hydrologic Benchmark Network
HUD
U.S. Department of Health and Urban Development
HHS
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
LTER
Long-Term Ecological Research
MTHM
Metric tons heavy metal
NASA
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NAST
National Assessment Synthesis Team
NASQAN
National Stream Quality Accounting Network
NAWQA
National Assessment Water Quality program
NCEA
National Center for Environmental Assessment
NCER
National Center for Environmental Research
NCI
National Cancer Institute
NEHRP
National Earthquake Hazard Reduction Program
NERL
National Exposure Research Laboratory
NEXRAD
Next Generation Weather Radar
NHEERL
National Health and Environmental Effects Research Laboratory