7Q2
Seven-day, two-year low-flow
AWRL
Ambient Water Reporting Limit
BMP
Best Management Practices
BOD
Biochemical Oxygen Demand
CBOD
Carbonaceous Biochemical Oxygen Demand
CMS
Coordinated Monitoring Schedule
COC
Chain of Custody
COG
Council of Governments
CR
Contact Recreation
CRP
Clean Rivers Program
DO
Dissolved Oxygen
DQO
Data Quality Objective
EIH
Environmental Institute of Houston, University of Houston—Clear Lake
EPA
Environmental Protection Agency
FC
Fecal Coliform
FY
Fiscal Year
GBEP
Galveston Bay Estuary Program
GCHD
Galveston County Health District
GIS
Geographic Information System
GPS
Global Positioning System
HCEPHD
Harris County Environmental Public Health Division
H-GAC
Houston-Galveston Area Council
HHS
City of Houston Health and Human Services
LCRA
Lower Colorado River Authority
MPN
Most Probable Number
NCR
Noncontact Recreation
NELAC
National Environmental Laboratory Accreditation Conference
NPS
Nonpoint Source Pollution
NRCS
Natural Resources Conservation Service
O-P
Orthophosphate
PL
Pearland
QA
Quality Assurance
QM
Quality Manual
QAO
Quality Assurance Officer
QAPP
Quality Assurance Project Plan
QAS
Quality Assurance Specialist
QC
Quality Control
QMP
Quality Management Plan
RL
Reporting Limit
RWA
Receiving Water Assessment
SJRA
San Jacinto River Authority
SOP
Standard Operating Procedure
SWQM
Surface Water Quality Monitoring
TAG
Technical Advisory Group
TCEQ
Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
TDS
Total Dissolved Solids
TMDL
Total Maximum Daily Load
TOC
Total Organic Carbon
TRACS
TCEQ Regulatory Activities and Compliance System
TSWQS
Texas Surface Water Quality Standards
TSS
Total Suspended Solids
UAA
Use Attainability Analysis
USGS
United States Geological Survey
VOC
Volatile Organic Carbon
VSS
Volatile Suspended Solids
WQC
City of Houston Water Quality Control
WWTF
Wastewater Treatment Facilities