| Acronym | Meaning |
| TWTDS | Treatment Works Treating Domestic Sewage |
| HW | Hazardous Waste |
| IACG | Inter-Agency Consultative Group |
| ASNT | American Society For Nondestructive Testing |
| ER | Endoplasmic Reticulum |
| ELLSA | Enzyme Linked Ligand Sorbent Assay |
| IAWPRC | International Association For Water Pollution Research And Control |
| CTEQ | The Coordinated Theoretical-Experimental Project On QCD |
| ECD | Environmental Cleanup Division |
| PBG | Photonic Band Gap |