| Acronym | Meaning |
| FILTER | Filtration And Irrigated Cropping For Land Treatment And Effluent Reuse |
| NLS | Nonlinear Schroedinger Equation |
| TSP | Total Suspended Particles |
| AQDHS | Air Quality Data Handling System |
| EETU | Environmental Education And Training Unit |
| NICNAS | National Industrial Chemicals Notification And Assessment Scheme (Australia) |
| TOVS | TIROS Operational Vertical Sounder |
| FHSA | Federal Hazardous Substances Act |
| SFE | Supercritical Fluid Extraction |
| MCM 41 | Mobil Catalytic Material 41 |