| Acronym | Meaning |
| DBPR | Microbiological And Disinfection Byproducts Regulations |
| NTRM | NIST Traceable Ref. Materials |
| SREL | Savannah River Ecology Laboratory |
| IDO | Initial Dissolved Oxygen |
| ESAD | Electron-stimulated Associative Desorption |
| GLAD | Glancing Angle Deposition |
| HARA | Hazard Assessment By Risk Analysis |
| MSD | Mass Selective Detector |
| EDB | Ethylene Dibromide |
| AICR | American Institute For Cancer Research |