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<str<strong>on</strong>g>Emerging</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>Technologies</str<strong>on</strong>g> February 2008<br />

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List of Acr<strong>on</strong>yms and Abbreviati<strong>on</strong>s (C<strong>on</strong>td)<br />

Acr<strong>on</strong>ym/<br />

Abbreviati<strong>on</strong> Definiti<strong>on</strong><br />

POTW Publicly Owned <strong>Treatment</strong> Works<br />

PPCP Pharmaceutical and Pers<strong>on</strong>al Care Products<br />

ppm Parts per milli<strong>on</strong><br />

PVC Poly Vinyl Chloride<br />

psig Pounds per square inch (gauge)<br />

RAS Returned Activated Sludge<br />

RBC Rotating Biological C<strong>on</strong>tactor<br />

R-DN Regenerati<strong>on</strong> DeNitrificati<strong>on</strong><br />

rDON Refractory Dissolved Organic Nitrogen<br />

SBR Sequencing Batch Reactor<br />

SCFM Standard Cubic Feet per Minute<br />

SHARON Single reactor High-activity Amm<strong>on</strong>ia Removal Over Nitrite<br />

SHARON – ANAMMOX Single reactor High-activity Amm<strong>on</strong>ia Removal Over Nitrite –<br />

ANaerobic AMM<strong>on</strong>ia OXidati<strong>on</strong><br />

SNdN Simultaneous Nitrificati<strong>on</strong> deNitrificati<strong>on</strong><br />

SRBC Submerged Rotating Biological C<strong>on</strong>tactor<br />

SRT Sludge Retenti<strong>on</strong> Time; Solids Retenti<strong>on</strong> Time<br />

SSO Sanitary Sewer Overflow<br />

STRASS Similar to SHARON named after Strass, Austria<br />

SVI Sludge Volume Index<br />

TDH Total Dynamic Head<br />

TDS Total Dissolved Solids<br />

TF Trickling Filter<br />

TF/PAS Trickling Filter and Pushed Activated Sludge<br />

TF/SC Trickling Filter and Solid C<strong>on</strong>tactor<br />

TMP Trans Membrane Pressure<br />

TOC Total Organic Carb<strong>on</strong><br />

TSS Total Suspended Solids<br />

U.S. EPA United States Envir<strong>on</strong>mental Protecti<strong>on</strong> Agency<br />

UASB Upflow Anaerobic Sludge Blanket<br />

UCT University of Cape Town<br />

UV UltraViolet<br />

VIP Virginia Initiative Plant<br />

VIS Visibility<br />

VMI Virginia Military Institute<br />

VRM ® Vacuum Rotati<strong>on</strong> Membrane<br />

WAS Waste Activated Sludge<br />

WASA Water and Sewer Authority<br />

WEF Water Envir<strong>on</strong>ment Federati<strong>on</strong><br />

WEFTEC Water Envir<strong>on</strong>ment Federati<strong>on</strong>’s Annual Technical Exhibiti<strong>on</strong> and C<strong>on</strong>ference<br />

WERF Water Envir<strong>on</strong>ment Research Foundati<strong>on</strong><br />

WPAP Water Polluti<strong>on</strong> Abatement Program<br />

WPCF Water Polluti<strong>on</strong> C<strong>on</strong>trol Facility<br />

WRF Water Reuse Facility<br />

WWEMA Water and <strong>Wastewater</strong> Equipment Manufacturers Associati<strong>on</strong><br />

WWPF WasteWater Producti<strong>on</strong> Flow<br />

WWTF WasteWater <strong>Treatment</strong> Facility<br />

WWTP WasteWater <strong>Treatment</strong> Plant<br />

<strong>Wastewater</strong> <strong>Treatment</strong> and In-Plant Wet Weather Management

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