| Acronym | Meaning |
| WQC | Water Quality Criteria |
| AMPD | AMP Deaminase |
| EROS | Earth Resources Observation Satellite |
| IDL | Instrument Detection Limit |
| NDWAC | National Drinking Water Advisory Council |
| GBH | Gravel Bed Hydroponic System (for Wastewater Treatment) |
| KRIPES | K-resolved Inverse Photoemission Spectroscopy |
| RCNDO | Rydberg CNDO |
| TCVA | Total Culturable Virus Assay |
| ZQC | Zero-quantum Coherence |