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Acronyms

BMP  best management practice

BOD  biochemical oxygen demand

CBO  Congressional Budget Office

CFR  Code of Federal Regulations

CSO  combined sewer overflow

CWA  Clean Water Act

DO  dissolved oxygen

DQO  data quality objective

EPA  U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

GAO  General Accounting Office

NPDES  National Pollution Discharge Elimination System

NRC  National Research Council

OMB  Office of Management and Budget

PCB  polychlorinated biphenyl

QAPP  Quality Assurance Project Plan

TMDL  total maximum daily load

WPA  watershed protection approach

WQ  water quality

WQS  water quality standard 
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