| Acronym | Meaning |
| FILTER | Filtration And Irrigated Cropping For Land Treatment And Effluent Reuse |
| NERC | Natural Environment Research Council (UK) |
| SFMS | Sector Field Mass Spectrometry |
| SPHINCS | Sequential PHoton Interrogation And Neutron Counting Signatures |
| CN | Cellulose Nitrate |
| TRAIL | Tumor Necrosis Factor Related Apoptosis Inducing Ligand |
| RTFDW | Relativistic Thomas-Fermi-Dirac-Weizsaecker (electron-d. Theory) |
| IAA | Indole-3-acetic Acid |
| SPM | Suspended Particulate Matter |
| CHEC | Commonwealth Human Ecology Council |