PAGE 50 GLOSSARY ofWATER INDUSTRY TERMS
Professional/Regulatory AMP
BEAMA BERR
CCWater CECA
CIWEM CLG
CROW IPC
IWO IWA
DECC Defra
DWI EA
EDR EPP
EU Skills IChemE IMechE NIWL Ofwat
PWTAG RBMP RCV SEPA
SWQO UKTI
UWWTD WFD WHO WICS WRAS
Asset Management Plan
British Electrotechnical and Allied Manufacturers' Association
Department for Business Enterprise & Regulatory Reform
Consumer Council for Water Civil Engineering Contractors Association
Chartered Institution of Water and Environmental Management
(Department for) Communities and Local Government
Countryside and Right of Way Act Integrated Pollution Control
Institution of Waterworks Officers Inland Waterways Association
Department of Energy and Climate Change
Department of the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Drinking Water Inspectorate Environment Agency
Environmental Data Record
Environmental Permitting Programme Energy and Utility Skills
Institution of Chemical Engineers Institution of Mechanical Engineers Northern Ireland Water Limited Water Services Regulation Authority Pool Water Treatment Advisory Group River Basin Management Plans Regulatory Capital Value
Scottish Environment Protection Agency Statutory Water Quality Objective UK Trade & Investment
Urban Wastewater Treatment Directive Water Framework Directive World Health Organisation
Water Industry Commissioner for Scotland Water Regulations Advisory Scheme
Technical Terms AOC
BOD COD DAF
DBPs DO
GAC IFAS MBR
MBBR MF
mg/l Ml/d MSF NF
NTU PAC
PAH
PCBs ppm PTP RAS RBC RGF RO SAS
SCADA SS
STW SUDS
SWRO TDS THM TKN TN
TOC UASB UF UV
WTW WwTW
Assimilable Organic Carbon Biochemical Oxygen Demand Chemical Oxygen Demand Dissolved Air Flotation Disinfection Bi-products Dissolved Oxygen
Granular Activated Carbon
Integrated Fixed-film Activated Sludge Membrane Bio-Reactor
Moving Bed Biological Reactor Microfiltration
milligrammes per litre Megalitres/day
Multi-stage Flash Evaporation Nanofiltration
Nephelometric Turbidity Units
Powdered Activated Carbon/Polyaluminium Chloride
Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons Polychlorinated Biphenols Parts per million
Package Treatment Plant Return Activated Sludge
Rotating Biological Contactor Rapid Gravity Filter Reverse Osmosis
Surplus Activated Sludge
Supervisory Control And Data Acquisition Suspended Solids
Sewage Treatment Works
Sustainable Drainage Systems (Urban now omitted)
Sea Water Reverse Osmosis Total Dissolved Solids Trihalomethanes
Total Kjeldahl Nitrogen Total Nitrogen
Total Organic Carbon
Up-flow Anaerobic Sludge Blanket Ultra Filtration Ultraviolet rays
Water Treatment Works Wastewater Treatment Works
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