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List of Abbreviations and Acronyms<br />
APHA<br />
American Public Health Association<br />
AT<br />
appropriate technologies<br />
BOD<br />
biochemical oxygen demand<br />
BUET<br />
Bangladesh <strong>University</strong> of Engineering Technology<br />
COD<br />
chemical oxygen demand<br />
CSD<br />
Commission on Sustainable Development<br />
DANIDA<br />
Danish International Development Agency<br />
DCC<br />
Dhaka City Corporation<br />
DFID<br />
Department for International Development, Bangladesh<br />
DPHE<br />
Department of Public Health Engineering, Bangladesh<br />
DSK<br />
Dushtha Shasthya Kendra<br />
DWASA<br />
Dhaka Water and Sewerage Authority<br />
EC<br />
electrical conductivity<br />
E. coli Escherichia coli<br />
Eng.<br />
Engineer<br />
EPRC<br />
Environment and Population Research Centre<br />
FC<br />
fecal coliform<br />
GDP<br />
gross domestic product<br />
GO<br />
government organization<br />
ICDDR,B<br />
International Centre for Diarrheol Disease Research, Bangladesh<br />
IMF<br />
International Monetary Fund<br />
l<br />
liter(s)<br />
LGED<br />
Local Government Engineering Department<br />
LGRD&C<br />
Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development Cooperatives, Bangladesh<br />
m<br />
meter(s)<br />
mg<br />
milligram(s)<br />
ml<br />
milliliter(s)<br />
mS<br />
millisiemens<br />
NGO<br />
nongovernmental organization<br />
NO3-N<br />
nitrate nitrogen<br />
NO2-N<br />
nitrite nitrogen<br />
NH3-N<br />
ammonium nitrogen<br />
P.I.<br />
project investigator<br />
PPP<br />
purchasing power parity<br />
R&D<br />
research and development<br />
SHAHAR<br />
Supporting Households Activities for Hygiene, Assets and Revenue<br />
Temp.<br />
temperature<br />
TK<br />
Taka (Bangladeshi Currency)<br />
T-N<br />
total nitrogen<br />
UNDP<br />
<strong>United</strong> <strong>Nations</strong> Development Programme<br />
UNICEF<br />
<strong>United</strong> <strong>Nations</strong> Children’s Fund<br />
<strong>UNU</strong>-<strong>IAS</strong> <strong>United</strong> <strong>Nations</strong> <strong>University</strong> Institute of Advanced Studies<br />
USAID<br />
<strong>United</strong> States Agency for International Development<br />
WASA<br />
Water and Sewerage Authority<br />
WHO<br />
World Health Organization<br />
WS<br />
water and sanitation<br />
WSSD<br />
World Summit on Sustainable Development<br />
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