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... 126 BMP Best Management Practice/Control Measure BOD Biochemical oxygen demand BOD5 5-Day biochemical oxygen demand BTEX Benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, and xylenes CCME Canadian Council of Ministers of the Environment CDF Cumulative distribution function COD Chemical oxygen demand COV Coefficient of variation CWA Clean Water Act DDT Dichlorophenyl-trichloroethane DO Dissolved oxygen DRO Diesel-range organics EQG Canadian Environmental Quality Guidelines GRO Gasoline-range organics GS&P Gresham, Smith and Partners IWS Seattle-Tacoma International Airport industrial wastewater system K-M estimation Kaplan–Meier estimation K-S test Kolmogorov–Smirnov test MDL Method detection limit MEK Methyl-ethyl ketone MLE Maximum likelihood estimation MS4 Municipal separate storm sewer system MSGP Multi-sector General Permit for Stormwater Discharges Associated with Industrial Activity NPDES National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System NSPS New source performance standard NTU Nephelometric turbidity units ORO Oil-range organics ORP Oxidation reduction potential PAH Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons PCB Polychlorinated biphenyl PDF Portable document format PFOS Perfluorooctane sulfonate QA/QC Quality Assurance and Quality Control ROS Regression on order statistics SCADA Supervisory control and data acquisition SDS Seattle-Tacoma International Airport storm drainage system SEA Seattle-Tacoma International Airport Acronyms and Abbreviations
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... Acronyms and Abbreviations 127 SLC Salt Lake International Airport SPCC Spill Prevention Control and Countermeasures s.u. Standard units SWPCP Stormwater pollution control plan SWPPP Stormwater pollution prevention plan TCE Trichloroethylene TDS Total dissolved solids TMDL Total maximum daily load TOC Total organic carbon TPH Total petroleum hydrocarbons TSS Total suspended solids U.S.

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