Acronyms and Abbreviations

Environmental Improvement Fund

A/E architectural/engineering consultant or firm
BMP best management practice
BCPL Board of Commissioners of Public Lands
CDBG Community Development Block Grant
CFA Bureau of Community Financial Assistance
cfs cubic feet per second
ch. chapter
CMAR Compliance Maintenance Annual Report
CME construction management engineer
CMOM Capacity, Management, Operations & Maintainance
CO change order
CWA Clean Water Act
CWFP Clean Water Fund Program
CWNS Clean Water Needs Survey
CWSRF Clean Water State Revolving Fund
DBE disadvantaged business enterprise
DG Drinking Water and Ground Water (Bureau of)
DNR Department of Natural Resources
DOA Department of Administration
DWNS Drinking Water Needs Survey
DWSRF Drinking Water State Revolving Fund
EIF Environmental Improvement Fund
EL Environmental Loans Section
ELOS Environmental Loans Oracle System (database)
EPA Environmental Protection Agency
FAA Financial Assistance Agreement
FFC For Further Credit
FFY Federal Fiscal Year
FY fiscal year
GO general obligation
I/I infiltration & inflow
IRSA Interest Rate Subsidy Agreement
ITA Intent to Apply form
M/WBEs minority/women's business enterprises
MBE minority business enterprise
mgd million gallons per day
MHI median household income
MSD metropolitan sewerage district
NOFAC Notice of Financial Assistance Commitment
NPS nonpoint source
NR Natural Resources
OM&R operation, maintenance, and replacement
PCP Parallel cost percentage
PDF Portable Document Format
P&I principal and interest
P&S plans and specifications
PERF Priority Evaluation and Ranking Form
PM project manager
POTW publicly owned treatment works
PSC Public Service Commission
PV present value subsidy
s. section
SBRA small business in a rural area
SD sanitary district
SDWA Safe Drinking Water Act
SDWLP Safe Drinking Water Loan Program
SFY State Fiscal Year
SLP Small Loan Program
specs specifications
SRF State Revolving Fund
ss. sections
SSO Sanitary Sewer Overflow
Stats. Wisconsin Statutes
SUO sewer use ordinance
UCS user charge system
USC United States Code
USWS Urban Storm Water Specialist
WBE women's business enterprise
Wis. Adm. Code Wisconsin Administrative Code
Wis. Stats. Wisconsin Statutes
WPDES Wisconsin Pollutant Discharge Elimination System
WT Watershed Management (Bureau of)

Last Revised: Tuesday April 06 2010