| Acronym | Term |
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| AAS | Atomic Absorbtion Spectrophotometry |
| ACS | American Chemical Society |
| AOAC | Association of Official Analytical Chemists |
| ASA | American Society of Agronomy method of analysis |
| ASTM | American Society for Testing Materials |
| BFB | Bromofluorobenzene |
| BNA | Base,Neutral, and Acid extractable organic compounds |
| BOD | Biochemical Oxygen Demand |
| BTEX | Benzene, Toluene, Ethylbenzene, and Xylenes |
| CAC | California Administrative Code (contains title 22) |
| CAM | California Assesment Manual |
| CERCLA | Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act |
| CFR | Code Of Federal Regulations |
| COC | Chain Of Custody |
| COD | Chemical Oxygen Demand |
| CVAAS | Cold Vapor AAS |
| CWA | Clean Water Act |
| DBCP | Dibromochloropropane |
| DHS | Department Of Health Services |
| DLR | Detection Limit Reported |
| EC | Electrical Conductivity |
| ECD | Electron Capture Detector |
| EDB | Ethylene Dibromide |
| EDL | Electrodeless Discharge Lamp |
| EP TOX | Extraction Procedure Toxicity |
| EPA | United States Environmental Protection Agency method of analysis |
| EPA | Environmental Protection Agency |
| FAAS | Flame AAS |
| FID | Flame Ionization Detector |
| GC | Gas Chromatography |
| GC/MS | Gas Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry |
| GFAAS | Graphite Furnace AAS |
| GLP | Good Laboratory Practice |
| HECD | Hall Electrolytic Conductivity Detector |
| HGAAS | Hydride Generation AAS |
| HPLC | High Performance Liquid Chromatography |
| HSL | Hazardous Substance List |
| IC | Ion Chromatography |
| ICP | Inductivley Coupled Plasma |
| ICP/MS | Inductivley Coupled Plasma/ Mass Spectrometry |
| IR | Infra-red |
| IS | Internal Standard |
| ISE | Ion-Selective Electrode |
| LIMS | Lab Information Managment System |
| LOD | Limit of Detection |
| LSC | Liquid Scintillation Counter |
| LUFT | Leaking Underground Fuel Tank |
| LUST | Leaking Underground Storage Tank |
| MBAS | Methylene Blue Active Substances |
| MCL | Maximum Containment Level |
| MDA | Minimum Detection Activity |
| MDL | Method Detection Limit |
| meg/l | Millequivalents Per liter |
| meq/100g | Milliquivalents Per 100 grams |
| MF | Membrane Filtration |
| mg/l | Milligrams Per Liter |
| mmhos/cm | Millimhos Per Centimeter |
| MPN | Most Probable Number |
| MSDS | Material Safety Data Sheets |
| ND | Not Detected at or above the detection limit |
| NPD | Nitrogen Phosphorous Detector |
| NPDES | National Pollution Discharge Elimination System |
| NTU | Nephelometric Turbidity Unit |
| ORP | Oxidation-Reduction Potential |
| PAH | Polynuclear Aromatic Hydrocarbons |
| PCB | Polychlorinated Biphenyls |
| PID | Photo Ionization Detector |
| PNA | Polynuclear Aromatics |
| PP | Priority Pollutants |
| ppm | Parts Per Million |
| PQL | Practical Quantitation Limit |
| QA | Quality Assurance |
| QC | Quality Control |
| RCRA | Resource Conservation and Recovery Act |
| SDWA | Safe Drinking Water Act |
| SM | Standard Method |
| SOP | Standard Operating Procedure |
| STLC | Soluble Threshold Limit Concentration |
| SW-846 | Solid Waste testing procedure manual (EPA) |
| TAT | Turnaround Time |
| TCA | Trichloroethane |
| TCD | Thermal Conductivity Detector |
| TCE | Trichloroethene |
| TCLP | Toxicity Characteristic Leaching Procedure |
| TCP | 1,2,3,-Trichloropropane |
| TDS | Total Dissolved Solids |
| THM | Trihalomethanes |
| Title 22 | California Drinking Water and Hazardous Waste Regulation |
| TKN | Total Kjeldahl Nitrogen |
| TOC | Total Organic Carbon |
| TOX | Total Organic Halogens |
| TPH | Total Petroleum Hydrocarbons |
| TRPH | Total Recoverable Petroleum Hydrocarbons |
| TS | Total Solids |
| TSS | Total Suspended Solids |
| TTLC | Total Threshold Limit Concentration |
| TVS | Total Volatile Solids |
| UC | University of California method of analysis |
| UST | Underground Storage Tank |
| VOA | Volatile Organic Analysis |
| VOC | Volatile Organic Compounds |
| WET | Waste Extraction Test |
| ZHE | Zero Headspace Extraction |
