AF |
acre-feet |
AMO |
Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation |
ARS |
Agricultural Research Service |
ASR |
aquifer storage and recovery |
BCNP |
Big Cypress National Preserve |
BCWPA |
Broward County Water Preserve Areas |
BIA |
Bureau of Indian Affairs |
BMP |
best management practice |
CEPP |
Central Everglades Planning Project |
CERP |
Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan |
CESI |
Critical Ecosystem Studies Initiative |
CFU |
colony-forming unit |
CISRERP |
Committee on Independent Scientific Review of Everglades Restoration Progress |
COP |
combined operational plan |
CROGEE |
Committee on the Restoration of the Greater Everglades Ecosystem |
C&SF |
Central and Southern Florida |
DACS |
Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services |
DOI |
U.S. Department of the Interior |
DOP |
dissolved organic phosphorus |
DPI |
Florida Department of Plant Industry |
DPM |
Decomp Physical Model |
EAA |
Everglades Agricultural Area |
EAV |
emergent aquatic vegetation |
ECISMA |
Everglades Cooperative Invasive Species Management Act |
EDDMapS |
Early Detection and Distribution Management System |
EDRR |
early detection and rapid response |
EIRAMP |
Everglades Invasive Reptile and Amphibian Monitoring Program |
ENP |
Everglades National Park |
EPA |
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency |
ERTP |
Everglades Restoration Transition Plan |
FACA |
Federal Advisory Committee Act |
FEB |
flow equalization basin |
FWC |
Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission |
FWM |
flow-weighted mean |
FWO |
future without the project |
FWS |
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service |
FY |
fiscal year |
GCM |
general circulation model |
GIS |
geographic information system |
HASR |
Hillsboro Aquifer Storage and Recovery |
HSI |
habitat suitability index |
IDS |
Integrated Delivery Schedule |
IOP |
Interim Operational Plan |
IPCC |
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change |
IPR |
in-progress review |
IRL-S |
Indian River Lagoon-South |
KRASR |
Kissimmee River Aquifer Storage and Recovery |
LNWR |
Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge |
LOER |
Lake Okeechobee and Estuary Recovery |
LOPA |
Lake Okeechobee Protection Act |
LOPP |
Lake Okeechobee Protection Plan |
LORS |
Lake Okeechobee Regulation Schedule |
LPA |
Limestone Products Association |
MAP |
monitoring and assessment plan |
MCDA |
Multi Criteria Decision Analysis |
MGD |
million gallons per day |
NAVD |
North American Vertical Datum |
NCRS |
Natural Resources Conservation Service |
NEPA |
National Environmental Policy Act |
NOAA |
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration |
NPDES |
National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System |
NPS |
National Park Service |
NRC |
National Research Council |
OERI |
Office of Everglades Restoration Initiatives |
PDT |
project delivery team |
PIRs |
project implementation reports |
PP |
particulate phosphorus |
PPA |
project partnership agreement |
ppb |
parts per billion |
PPDR |
Pilot Project Design Report |
RCP |
Representative Concentration Pathway |
RECOVER |
Restoration, Coordination, and Verification |
SAV |
submerged aquatic vegetation |
SCG |
Science Coordination Group |
SFERTF |
South Florida Ecosystem Restoration Task Force |
SFWMD |
South Florida Water Management District |
SFWMM |
South Florida Water Management Model |
SSR |
System Status Report |
STA |
Stormwater Treatment Area |
TIME |
Tides and Inflows in the Mangroves of the Everglades |
TP |
total phosphorus |
TSP |
Tentatively Selected Plan |
USACE |
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers |
USDA |
U.S. Department of Agriculture |
USGS |
U.S. Geological Survey |
WCA |
Water Conservation Area |
WQ |
Water Quality |
WQBEL |
water quality-based effluent limit |
WRDA |
Water Resources Development Act |
WRRDA |
Water Resources Reform and Development Act |
WY |
water year |