| Acronym | Meaning |
| WHPA | Wellhead Protection Areas |
| ACE | Alternating Conditional Expectations |
| FEES | Field Electron Energy Spectroscopy |
| ODC | Ozone Depleting Chemical |
| HLG | Hedin-Lundqvist-Gunnarsson (spin D. Functional) |
| XPES | X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy |
| MDA | Metal Deactivator |
| RBS | Rutherford Backscattering |
| OTC | Organic Toxic Compound |
| EPICA | European Project For Ice Coring In Antarctica |