A List of Water Related Acronyms & Initials – ALWRAI
There’s nothing like sitting through a gathering of water folks to churn up the jargon. Like most specialties the water world has an abundance of slang, initials and acronyms.* The following is an attempt to sort out some of the more common coded messages. If you see a gap or omission in this list please submit it to us. As long as there is government involvement in water matters this list is a living document.
A
AB – Assembly Bill
ACE – Army Corps of Engineers
ACWA – Association of California Water Agencies
AEWSD or Arvin – Arvin Edison Water Storage District
a/f – acre feet, some engineering resources use a-f
B
BBID – Byron Bethany Irrigation District
BLM – Bureau of Land Management
BVWSD – Buena Vista Water Storage District
C
CCC – Columbia Canal Company
CCID – Central California Irrigation District
CCR – Credence Clearwater Revival or California Code of Regulations
CDWA – Central Delta Water Agency
CEO – Chief Executive Officer
CEQA – California Environmental Quality Act
cfs – cubic feet per second
CF&W – California Fish & Wildlife
CID – Consolidated Irrigation District
CIT – Center for Irrigation Technology on FSU Campus
CKGSA – Central Kings Groundwater Sustainability Agency
CVC – Cross Valley Canal
CVP – Central Valley Project
CVRWQCB – Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control Board
CVS or CV Salts – Central Valley Salts
CWC – California Water Commission, Community Water Center
CWD – Chowchilla Water District, Cawelo Water District
CWI – California Water Institute on FSU Campus
CWF – California Water Fix
D
D-1641 – Decision 1641 by the State Water Resources Control Board to subject water rights reductions to help achieve the Bay Delta Accords
DEID – Delano Earlimart Irrigation District
DEIR – Draft Environmental Impact Report
DFG – Department of Fish & Game
DMC – Delta Mendota Canal
DO – Dissolved Oxygen
DoI – Department of Interior
DWR – Department of Water Resources
E
E&O – Errors & Omissions; sometimes O&E insurance
EC – Electro or Electrical Conductivity
EDF – Environmental Defense Fund
EIR – Environmental Impact Report
EIS – Environmental Impact Statement
EKGSA – East Kaweah Groundwater Sustainability Area
EPA – Environmental Protection Agency, Environmental Protection Act
ESA – Endangered Species Act
ET – Evapotranspiration
ETGSA – Eastern Tule GSA
Ex Con – San Joaquin River Exchange Contractors Water Authority
F
FCWD – Firebaugh Canal Water District
FERC – Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
FFA – Family Farm Alliance, Future Farmers of America
FID – Fresno Irrigation District
FKC – Friant Kern Canal
FOG – Friant Operations Guidelines
FSU – Fresno State University
FWA – Friant Water Authority
G
GCID – Glenn Colusa Irrigation District
GFID – Gravely Ford Irrigation District
GKGSA – Greater Kaweah Groundwater Sustainability Area
GM – General Manager
GSA – Groundwater Sustainability Area, Groundwater Sustainability Agency
GSP – Groundwater Sustainability Plan
H
HR – House of Representatives Bill
HSR – High Speed Rail
I
ID – Irrigation District
ID3 – Improvement District Three
ID4 – Improvement District Four
J
JDA – Joint Defense Agreement
JID – James Irrigation District
JPA – Joint Powers Authority
JPIA – Joint Powers Insurance Authority
K
KBWQA – Kaweah Basin Water Quality Association
KCWA – Kern County Water Agency
KDWD – Kern Delta Water District
KGA – Kern Groundwater Association
KGAGSA – Kern Groundwater Association GSA
KRGSA – Kern River Groundwater Sustainability Agency
KTWD – Kern Tulare Water District
KWBA – Kern Water Bank Authority
KWB – Kern Water Bank
L
LAFCo – Local Agency Formation Commission
LTRID – Lower Tule River Irrigation District
M
M&I – Municipal & Industrial
MPG – Mendota Pool Group
MET or MWD – Metropolitan Water District of Southern California
MID – Madera Irrigation District, Merced Irrigation District, Modesto Irrigation District
MOA – Memorandum Of Agreement
MOU – Memorandum Of Understanding
MPSA – Master Professional Services Agreement
N
NASA – National Aeronautics & Space Administration
NCWA – Northern California Water Association
NEPA – National Environmental Protection Act
NFKGSA – North Fork Kings Groundwater Sustainability Agency
NKGSA – North Kings Groundwater Sustainability Agency
NKWSD – North Kern Water Storage District
NMFS – National Marine Fisheries Service
NOAA – National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration
NRC – Natural Resource Conservation
NRDC – Natural Resource Defense Council
O
O&M – Operations & Maintenance
OHV – Off Highway Vehicle
OID – Oakdale Irrigation District
P
PID – Pixley Irrigation District or Porterville Irrigation District
PPIC – Public Policy Institute of California
PSP – Proposed Solicitation Package
R
RFP – Request For Proposal
RFQ – Request for Qualifications
RRBWSD or Rosedale – Rosedale Rio Bravo Water Storage District
RWQCB or Regional Board – Regional Water Quality Control Board
S
SB – Senate Bill
SCVWD – Santa Clara Valley Water District
SGMA – Sustainable Groundwater Management Act of 2014
SID – Saucelito Irrigation District
SJR – San Joaquin River
SJRECWA – San Joaquin River Exchange Contractors Water Authority or Ex Con
SJRRP – San Joaquin River Restoration Program
SLCC – San Luis Canal Company
SLDMWA – San Luis Delta Mendota Water Authority
SLWD – San Luis Water District
SSJMUD – South San Joaquin Municipal Utility District
SWSD – Semitropic Water Storage District
SVWA – South Valley Water Association
SWID – Shafter Wasco Irrigation District
SWP – State Water Project
SWRCB or State Board – State Water Resources Control Board
T
TAC – Technical Advisory Committee
TBID – Terra Bella Irrigation District
TID – Tulare Irrigation District, Tranquillity Irrigation District, Turlock Irrigation District
TIE – Technology, Innovation, Evaluation part of FSU’s WET Center
U
USACE – United State Army Corps of Engineers or ACE sometimes
USBR – United States Bureau of Reclamation
USDA – United States Department of Agriculture
USFS – United States Forestry Service
USFWS – United States Fish & Wildlife Service
USJRBSI – Upper San Joaquin River Basin Storage Investigation
W
WD – Water District
WCD – Water Conservation District
WET Center – Water Energy Technology Center, part of FSU’s Blue Valley Tech Program
WKWD – West Kern Water District
WRMWSD – Wheeler Ridge Maricopa Water Storage District
WSD – Water Storage District
WSIP – Water Storage Investment Program
WWD – Westlands Water District
X
X2 – X2 salt barrier in the Delta
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*Do you know the difference between an initial and an acronym? Both are abbreviations that generally take the first letter of a string of words in a phrase or title. However, acronyms form pronounceable words, i.e. NASA, LASER or SGMA. Initials are pronounced separately, i.e. USBR, DWR or GSA.
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