Abbreviations And Acronyms


    A

    ACWD Alameda County Water District

    A.D. Anno Domini

    af acre-foot, acre-feet


    C

    CALFED State (CAL) and federal (FED) agencies participating in the Bay-Delta Accord

    CCWD Contra Costa Water District

    cfs cubic feet per second

    CIMIS California Irrigation Management Information System

    CLWA Castaic Lake Water Agency

    CRA
    Colorado River Aqueduct

    CVP Central Valley Project


    D

    DEIR/S Draft environmental impact report/statement

    DFG Department of Fish and Game

    DHS Department of Health Services

    DWR Department of Water Resources


    E

    EBMUD East Bay Municipal Utility District

    EIR/S Environmental impact report/statement

    ENSO El Niño Southern Oscillation

    ESA
    Endangered Species Act

    ET0 Reference evapotranspiration


    K

    KCWA Kern County Water Agency

    KWB Kern Water Bank


    L

    LADWP Los Angeles Department of Water and Power


    M

    maf million acre-feet

    mg/l milligrams per liter

    MWA Mojave Water Agency

    MWD Metropolitan Water District

    MWD Municipal Water District


    N

    NBA North Bay Aqueduct

    NMFS National Marine Fisheries Service


    O

    OES Office of Emergency Services


    P

    PEIR/S Programmatic environmental impact report/statement

    PL Public law

    PUC Public Utilities Commission


    S

    SEMS Standardized emergency services system

    SJR
    San Joaquin River

    SRI Sacramento River Index

    SWP State Water Project

    SWRCB State Water Resources Control Board

    SWSD Semitropic Water Storage District


    T

    taf thousand acre-feet

    TDS total dissolved solids


    U

    USBR U.S. Bureau of Reclamation

    USDA U.S. Department of Agriculture

    USFWS U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

    USGS U.S. Geological Survey


    W

    WD water district