Dictionary of Terms

Dictionary of Water Well-Related Terms

Stands for
Description
Level of government
web link
afAcre feet1 acre-foot equals 43,560 cubic feet or 325,851 gallons
afyAcre-feet per year
ALLTCS“Ag lands of long term commercial significance” (refers to GMA definition)
APCAgricultural Preservation Committee
APWAAmerican Public Works Association
ARCAppeals Resolution CommitteeConsists of •the Director of the Whatcom County Health Department or his/her designee •The Director of Whatcom County Planning and Development Services or his/her designee •The Director of Whatcom County Public Works or his/her designee •A representative from one of the approved SMAs identified in Section 6.
AWWAAmerican Water Works Association
BBBirch Bay, also sometimes BBWARM; also Gill’s recently adopted “Birch Bay Watershed Action Plan” with “mitigation” and BMP’s
BGMABlaine Groundwater Management Area
BMPsBest Management PracticesDocuments published by the Whatcom Conservation District. These refer to various methods for preventing or reducing potential pollution that could result from an agricultural activity. The term originated from rules and regulation in Section 208 of the federal Clean Water Act.http://www.whatcomcd.org/small-farm
BRBWhatcom County Boundary Review Board
CAOCritical areas ordinanceAreas with a legal designation for ‘critical areas’. Six categories: 1) Geologically hazardous areas, 2) Frequently flooded areas, 3) Critical aquifer recharge areas, 4) Wetlands, 5) Wildlife habitat conservation areas, 6) Fish habitat conservation areas.CountyMaps at: https://www.whatcomcounty.us/811/County-Wide-Critical-Area-Ordinance-Maps (It’s interesting that NONE of these maps include the eastern 2/3rds of Whatcom County.)
CAScredit accounting system(protocols, [sic] “metrics”)
ccf100 cubic feet100 cubic feet is equal to approximately 748 gallons
CIDMPComprehensive Irrigation District Management Plan (Conservation District),Apparently for (or on behalf of) the drainage/diking districts?
CIPCapital Improvement Program
Coordination ActPublic Water System Coordination Act (Chapter 70.116 RCW).
CPALConservation Program on Agriculture LandsWCC 16.16.290 (WAC?)http://www.whatcomcd.org/small-farm
CPFCOASTAL PROTECTION FUNDsee Documents
CTConsultant TeamNRM contract scope of work “to include ecologists and ecosystem modelers”
CWMPCooperative Watershed Management Act“Water Smart” grant program, US Dept Interior, Bureau of ReclamationCooperative Watershed Management Act (Public Law 111-11, Sections 6001-03)
CWPPCounty-wide Planning Policies
CWRIPWRIA (2005) Comprehensive Water Resource Integration Project
CWRIPCounty Water Resources Integration Project[Whatcom]~
CWSPCoordinated Water System PlanPrepared pursuant to Chapter 70.116 Revised Code of Washington (RCW) A plan for public water systems within a critical water supply service area which identifies the present and future needs of the systems and sets forth means for meeting those needs in the most efficient manner possible. Such a plan shall include provisions for subsequently updating the plan. In areas where more than one water system exists, a coordinated plan may consist of either: (a) A new plan developed for the area following its designation as a critical water supply service area; or (b) a compilation of compatible water system plans existing at the time of such designation and containing such supplementary provisions as are necessary to satisfy the requirements of this chapter. Any such coordinated plan must include provisions regarding: Future service area designations; assessment of the feasibility of shared source, transmission, and storage facilities; emergency inter-ties; design standards; and other concerns related to the construction and operation of the water system facilities.
CWSSACritical Water Supply Service AreaChapter 70.116 RCW and Chapter 246-293 W AC
DGWPEdomestic groundwater permit-exempt (wells)
DIPdetailed implementation plan(sub-part of WMP)
DOEDepartment of EcologyMore often shown as ECY, so as not to confuse it with the (national) Departnment of Energy.
DOHWashington State Department of Health
DOT/APWACombined standards for public works construction practices of the Washington State Department of Transportation and the American Public Works Association, 2014 Edition.Copper login? http://sts.copperhub.com/index.php?module=projects&action=view&projectid=3
ECO Netreference, Hutchins CD 4/14/11, PSP wants to fund it,
EcologyWashington State Department of Ecology
ECYAcronym for Department of Ecology, WA Stateofficial abbreviation of WA Dept of Ecology, whereas DOE could be confused with the federal Department of Energy
EPAUnited States Environmental Protection Agency ERU Equivalent Residential Unit
EQIPEnvironmental Quality Incentives Programsee 5/6/12 email Disk4
ESRPEcosystem Restoration ProjectPuget Sound Nearshore Ecosystem Restoration Project (PSNERP) $ collaborative Gov partners
FEATSFinancial and Ecosystem Accounting Tracking SystemEPA Puget Sound (JT email 10/28/11)
FSAFarm Service Agency(federal) (to wit, see BP->JH email 6/25/12 saying“Staff Team's recommended request for CREP polygons and year planted has been denied by FSA.”
GISGeographic Information System
GMAGrowth Management Act
gpcdGallons per capita per day
gpdGallons per day
gpmGallons per minute
GWIGroundwater sources under the direct influence of surface water
HETAHabitat Engineering Technical Assistance, grant program (reference, Hutchins CD 3/16/11)
IBCInternational Building Code
ICAincentives for commercial agriculture
IFAPInstream Flow Action PlanThe adopted Whatcom watershed management plan “recognized that the Nooksack Rule needed to be modified and specific the IFAP - a critical element of the adopted plan - as the process for changing that rule.” (from Road to Hirst) Under IFAP, the Planning Unit was to approve in stream flow recommendations, in response to which DOE would undertake rule making.County
IFCInternational Fire Code
Indian Water Rights“Indian water rights are vested property rights for which the US has a trust responsibility, with the US holding legal title to such water in trust for the benefit of the Indians…It is the policy of this Administration…that disputes regarding Indian water rights should be resolved through negotiated settlements rather than litigation.” Criteria and Procedures Preamble. 55 FR 9223 March 12, 1990
ISFinstream flow(a measurement as in “cfs,” but also a category of beneficial use)
ISFInnovation Support Fund, grant fund
IWAInternational Water Association
LWLake Whatcom[Joint Policy Group, COB, WC, Lake Whatcom Water & Sewer, under PSP]
LWMCLake Whatcom Management Committee
LWWSDLake Whatcom Water & Sewer District
MAMPMonitoring and Adaptive Management PlanWRIA 1 Salmon Recovery
MCLMaximum Contaminant Level
MGDMillion gallons per day (1 MGD = 3.0689 acre-feet of water per day)
MPAMicroscopic Particulate Analysis
MRCmarine resources committeea county advisory
MTManagement Team (WRIA 1)
MWLmunicipal water lawhttp://www.ecy.wa.gov/programs/wr/rights/muni_wr_archive.html
NEPNational Estuary Program(EPA)http://water.epa.gov/type/oceb/nep/index.cfm
NFWFNational Fish & Wildlife Federation(501 c3), grants-grants (conservation, salmon) Boggs...National Fish & Wildlife Federation
NRMWG(also WG) - Natural Resources Marketplace Working Group
NTA’snear term actionsPSP Leadership Council acronym, for “near term actions” Disk 4, email Peterson 6/6/12
NTNC/TNC NRWNon-transient Non-community/Transient Non-community Non-revenue water
OCStrategic Outreach & Research Consultant
OFMWashington State Office of Financial Management
OOSout of stream(“use”)
OSROut of Stream Reserve
PDSWhatcom County Planning and Development Services
PICPollution Identification & CorrectionWhatcom County
ppbParts per billion – a measurement of contaminant levels in water
PRISMPRoject Information SysteMonline grant application system, searchablehttps://www.rco.wa.gov/prism_app/about_prism.shtml
PSARPuget Sound Acquisition and Restoration (PSAR) Capacity Funds, grant program
psiPounds per square inch
PSPPuget Sound Partnershipprogramestablished by the legislature to set and achieve “goals”-has become a powerful agency that has acquired the authority to distribute EPA funds)
PTProject Team (see NRM contract, scope of work)
PWWhatcom County Public Works Department
RCReview Committee (NRM RC)
RCOrecreation conservation open space funds: (various)http://www.rco.wa.gov/doc_pages/app_materials.shtml
RCWRevised Code of Washington
RITT(Puget Sound Chinook) Recovery Implementation Tech Team
SDWASafe Drinking Water Act
SEPAState Environmental Policy Act
SMASatellite Management Agency
SMCLSecondary Maximum Contaminant Level
SMPshoreline management plan
SPshoreline protection(various)
SRsalmonid recovery
STATshort term action team
SW APSource Water Assessment Program
SWIFsystem wide improvement frameworkbeing used for river/flood projects/project plans
SWSMPSmall Water System Management Plan
SWTRSurface Water Treatment Rule
THATerry Husseman AccountECY grant program: “THA grants support locally sponsored on-the-ground projects to restore or enhance the natural environment.State - ECYhttps://www.ecy.wa.gov/About-us/How-we-operate/Grants-loans/Find-a-grant-or-loan/Coastal-protection-fund/THA-additional-information
TTTechnical Team
UGAUrban Growth Area
ULIDUtility Local Improvement District
USGSUnited States Geological Survey
USRPUtility Service Review Procedure
WACWashington Administrative Code
WAFWater Availability Form
WASWDWashington Association of Sewer and Water Districts“Representing the state’s clean water specialists.”https://www.waswd.org
WCWhatcom County (entity, staff)
WCCWhatcom County Code
WCDWhatcom Conservation District
WCHDWhatcom County Health Department
WCTATWatershed Characterization Technical Assistance Team
WG(also NRMWG) - Natural Resources Marketplace Working Group
WIDwatershed improvement district,formed under RCW 87.03 “Irrigation”
WMPwatershed management planadopted by council, under 90.82 Watershed Planning Act
WPAWatershed Planning Act
WRAWater Resources Act
WRIAWater Resource Inventory Area
WRIA 1Water Resource Inventory Area 1
WSCCWashington State Conservation Commission(governor appointed)
WSPWater System Plan
WUCCWater Utility Coordinating Committee
WUEWater Use Efficiency