- 2,4-D
2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid
- 2,4-DB
2,4-dichlorophenoxybutyric acid
- 2,4-DP
dichlorprop
- 2,4,5-T
2,4,5-trichlorophenoxyacetic acid
- 2,4,5-TP
2,4,5-trichlorophenoxy propionic acid; fenoprop
- AAS
atomic absorption spectrometry
- Absor
absorptiometry
- ADI
acceptable daily intake
- AES
atomic emission spectrometry
- AIDS
acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
- AMPA
aminomethylphosphonic acid
- ARfD
acute reference dose
- ATX
anatoxin
- BDCM
bromodichloromethane
- BMD
benchmark dose
- BMDL
lower confidence limit on the benchmark dose
- BMDLx
lower 95% confidence limit on the benchmark dose for an x% response
- BTEX
benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene and xylenes
- Bti
Bacillus thuringiensis israelensis
- bw
body weight
- CAS
Chemical Abstracts Service
- Col
colorimetry
- CPVC
chlorinated polyvinyl chloride
- CSAF
chemical-specific adjustment factor
- Ct
product of disinfectant concentration and contact time
- CYN
cylindrospermopsin
- DAEC
diffusely adherent E. coli
- DALY
disability-adjusted life year
- DBCM
dibromochloromethane
- DBCP
1,2-dibromo-3-chloropropane
- DBP
disinfection by-product
- DCA
dichloroacetic acid
- DCB
dichlorobenzene
- DCP
dichloropropane
- DDT
dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane
- DEHA
di(2-ethylhexyl)adipate
- DEHP
di(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate
- DNA
deoxyribonucleic acid
- DPD
N,N-diethyl-1,4-phenylenediamine sulfate
- EAAS
electrothermal atomic absorption spectrometry
- EAEC
enteroaggregative E. coli
- ECD
electron capture detector
- EDTA
ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid; edetic acid
- EHEC
enterohaemorrhagic E. coli
- EIEC
enteroinvasive E. coli
- ELISA
enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay
- EPEC
enteropathogenic E. coli
- ETEC
enterotoxigenic E. coli
- F0
parental generation
- F1
first filial generation
- FAAS
flame atomic absorption spectrometry
- FAO
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- FD
fluorescence detector
- FID
flame ionization detector
- FPD
flame photodiode detector
- GAC
granular activated carbon
- GC
gas chromatography
- GL
guidance level (used for radionuclides in drinking-water)
- GV
guideline value
- HAA
haloacetic acid
- HAV
hepatitis A virus
- HCB
hexachlorobenzene
- HCBD
hexachlorobutadiene
- HCH
hexachlorocyclohexane
- HEV
hepatitis E virus
- HIV
human immunodeficiency virus
- HPC
heterotrophic plate count
- HPLC
high-performance liquid chromatography
- IARC
International Agency for Research on Cancer
- IC
ion chromatography
- ICP
inductively coupled plasma
- ICRP
International Commission on Radiological Protection
- IDC
individual dose criterion
- IPCS
International Programme on Chemical Safety
- IQ
intelligence quotient
- ISO
International Organization for Standardization
- JECFA
Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives
- JMPR
Joint FAO/WHO Meeting on Pesticide Residues
- LC
liquid chromatography
- LOAEL
lowest-observed-adverse-effect level
- LRV
log10 reduction value
- MC
microcystin
- MCB
monochlorobenzene
- MCPA
4-(2-methyl-4-chlorophenoxy)acetic acid
- MCPB
2,4-MCPB; 4-(4-chloro-o-tolyloxy)butyric acid; 4-(4-chloro-2-methylphenoxy)butanoic acid
- MCPP
2(2-methyl-chlorophenoxy) propionic acid; mecoprop
- MDL
method detection limit
- MMT
methylcyclopentadienyl manganese tricarbonyl
- MS
mass spectrometry
- MS/MS
tandem mass spectrometry
- MTBE
methyl tertiary-butyl ether
- MX
3-chloro-4-dichloromethyl-5-hydroxy-2(5H)-furanone
- NDMA
N-nitrosodimethylamine
- NOAEL
no-observed-adverse-effect level
- NOEL
no-observed-effect level
- NTA
nitrilotriacetic acid
- NTP
National Toxicology Program (USA)
- NTU
nephelometric turbidity unit
- PAC
powdered activated carbon
- PAH
polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbon
- PCE
tetrachloroethene
- PCP
pentachlorophenol
- PCR
polymerase chain reaction
- PD
photoionization detector
- PDA
photodiode array
- PMTDI
provisional maximum tolerable daily intake
- PPA
protein phosphatase assay
- PT
purge and trap
- PTDI
provisional tolerable daily intake
- PTMI
provisional tolerable monthly intake
- PTWI
provisional tolerable weekly intake
- PVC
polyvinyl chloride
- QMRA
quantitative microbial risk assessment
- RNA
ribonucleic acid
- SI
Système international d’unités (International System of Units)
- SODIS
solar water disinfection
- STX
saxitoxin
- sp.
species (singular)
- spp.
species (plural)
- subsp.
subspecies (singular)
- TBA
terbuthylazine
- TCB
trichlorobenzene
- TCE
trichloroethene
- TCU
true colour unit
- TD05
tumorigenic dose05, the dose associated with a 5% excess incidence of tumours in experimental animal studies
- TDI
tolerable daily intake
- TDS
total dissolved solids
- THM
trihalomethane
- TID
thermal ionization detector; total indicative dose
- UF
uncertainty factor
- UN
United Nations
- UNICEF
United Nations Children’s Fund
- UNSCEAR
United Nations Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation
- USA
United States of America
- UV
ultraviolet
- UVPAD
ultraviolet photodiode array detector
- WHO
World Health Organization
- WHOPES
World Health Organization Pesticide Evaluation Scheme
- WSP
water safety plan
- YLD
years of healthy life lost in states of less than full health (i.e. years lived with a disability)
- YLL
years of life lost by premature mortality
