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Suggested Citation:"Acronyms." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2020. Review of the New York City Watershed Protection Program. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/25851.
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Acronyms

AET actual evapotranspiration
AIDS Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
ATU aerobic treatment unit
AU animal units
AVGWLF Arc View GWLF
BACT best available control technology
BG billion gallon
BMP best management practice
BOD biochemical oxygen demand
BWS Bureau of Water Supply
CBOD carbonaceous biochemical oxygen demand
CBUDSF continuously backwashing upflow dual sand filtration
CDC Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
CDIC Catskill/Delaware Interconnecting Chamber
CE conservation easements
CFI continuous forest inventory
CFP Catskill Forest Preserve
CFU colony forming unit
CMF continuous microfiltration
CREP Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program
CSBI Catskill Streams Buffer Initiative
CTCP Catskill Turbidity Control Program
CWA Clean Water Act
CWC Catskill Watershed Corporation
CWMP Community Wastewater Management Program
DBP disinfection byproduct
DEC Department of Environmental Conservation
DEM digital elevation model
DEP Department of Environmental Protection
DO dissolved oxygen
DOC dissolved organic carbon
DOH Department of Health
DOHMH Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
DOM dissolved organic matter
EOH east-of-Hudson
Suggested Citation:"Acronyms." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2020. Review of the New York City Watershed Protection Program. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/25851.
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EOHWC EOH Watershed Corporation
EPA U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
EPSC erosion prevention and sediment control
FAD filtration avoidance determination
FBO Flood Buyout Program
FC fecal coliform
FEIS final Environmental Impact Statement
FEMA Federal Emergency Management Agency
FTE full-time equivalent
GIS Geographical Information Systems
GLM General Lake Model
GPS Global Positioning System
GWLF Generalized Watershed Loading Function
HAB harmful algal bloom
HEC-RAS Hydrologic Engineering Center’s River Analysis System
HEV human enteric viruses
HIV human immunodeficiency virus
HPC heterotrophic plate counts
HRU hydrologic response unit
IESWTR Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule
IRSP Individual Residential Stormwater Permit
LAP Land Acquisition Program
LFA Local Flood Analysis
LID low-impact development
LIDAR Light Detection and Ranging
LOESS locally weighted smoothing
LRAA locational running annual average
MBR membrane bioreactor
MCL maximum contaminant level
MCLG maximum contaminant level goal
MEP maximum extent practicable
MGD million gallons per day
MOA Memorandum of Agreement
MS4 municipal separate storm sewer system
MSL mean sea level
MST microbial source tracking
NANI net anthropogenic nitrogen inputs
NAPI net anthropogenic phosphorus inputs
NASEM National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
NCD natural channel design
NCRS Natural Resource Conservation Service
NFC natural features criteria
NLCD National Land Cover Database
NOAA National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
NOM natural organic matter
NPDES National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System
NRC National Research Council
NRCS Natural Resources Conservation Service
NTU nephelometric turbidity units
NWI National Wetland Inventory
NWS National Weather Service
NYC New York City
Suggested Citation:"Acronyms." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2020. Review of the New York City Watershed Protection Program. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/25851.
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NYS New York State
OST Operations Support Tool
PCR polymerase chain reaction
PET potential evapotranspiration
PFAS per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances
PFOA perfluorooctanoic acid
PFOS perfluorooctane sulfonate
SCM stormwater control measure
SDWA Safe Drinking Water Act
SMIP Stream Management Implementation Program
SMP Stream Management Program
SPARROW Spatially Reference Regressions on Watershed Attributes
SPDES State Pollutant Discharge Elimination System
SRP soluble reactive phosphorus
SS suspended solids
SSC suspended sediment concentrations
STRP sediment turbidity reduction project
SUNY State University of New York
SWAT Soil and Water Assessment Tool
SWAT-HS SWAT-Hillslope
SWAT-VSA SWAT-Variable Source Area
SWCD Soil and Water Conservation District
SWMM Storm Water Management Model
SWPPP stormwater pollution prevention plan
SWTR Surface Water Treatment Rule
TC total coliform
TDP total dissolved phosphorus
TI topographic index
TMDL Total Maximum Daily Load
TOC total organic carbon
TP total phosphorous
TSI Trophic State Index
TSS total suspended solids
TTHM total trihalomethanes
USDA U.S. Department of Agriculture
USFS U.S. Forest Service
USGCRP U.S. Global Change Research Program
USGS U.S. Geological Survey
UV ultraviolet
VSLF Variable Source Loading Function
WAC Watershed Agricultural Council
WAP Watershed Agricultural Program
WDRAP Waterborne Disease Risk Assessment Program
WECC Watershed Enforcement Coordination Committee
WFP Watershed Forestry Program
WMP Waterfowl Management Program
WOH west-of-Hudson
WR&R Watershed Rules and Regulations
WRTDS weighted regressions on time, discharge, and season
WTM Watershed Treatment Model
WWTP wastewater treatment plant
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New York City's municipal water supply system provides about 1 billion gallons of drinking water a day to over 8.5 million people in New York City and about 1 million people living in nearby Westchester, Putnam, Ulster, and Orange counties. The combined water supply system includes 19 reservoirs and three controlled lakes with a total storage capacity of approximately 580 billion gallons. The city's Watershed Protection Program is intended to maintain and enhance the high quality of these surface water sources.

Review of the New York City Watershed Protection Program assesses the efficacy and future of New York City's watershed management activities. The report identifies program areas that may require future change or action, including continued efforts to address turbidity and responding to changes in reservoir water quality as a result of climate change.

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