| Acronym | Meaning |
| IDA | International Desalination Association |
| EIR | Environmental Impact Report |
| SVMP | Snake Venom Metalloproteinases |
| CPA | Coherent Potential Approximation |
| MIRS | Multiple Internal Reflection Spectroscopy |
| CND | Circumnuclear Disk |
| APSGF | Antisymmetrical Product Of Strongly Orthogonal Group Functions (a Wave Function) |
| STARR | Staged Approach To Risk Reduction |
| HARM | Hazardous Atmospheric Release Model |
| NPL | National Priorities List |