Watershed Achievements Report
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List of acronyms<br />
ARS Agricultural Research Services<br />
BASIN Basin Analysis of Sediment-laden Inflow<br />
BEC Blue Earth County<br />
BMP best management practice<br />
BOD biochemical oxygen demand<br />
BWSR Minnesota Board of Water and Soil Resources<br />
CCWMO Carver County Water Management Organization<br />
CFU colony forming unit<br />
CLFLWD Comfort Lake – Forest Lake <strong>Watershed</strong> District<br />
CRP Conservation Reserve Program<br />
CRWD Capitol Region <strong>Watershed</strong> District<br />
CWF Clean Water Fund<br />
CWP Clean Water Partnership<br />
DEM Digital Elevation Model<br />
DMRP Dissolved molybdate reactive phosphorus<br />
DNR Minnesota Department of Natural Resources<br />
DO dissolved oxygen<br />
EPA Environmental Protection Agency<br />
EQuIS Environmental Quality Information System<br />
FC Fecal Coliform<br />
FCI Fortin Consulting Inc.<br />
FTE full time equivalent<br />
FWMC Flow weighted mean concentration<br />
GBERBA Greater Blue Earth River Basin Alliance<br />
GFLOW Groundwater Flow<br />
GIS geological information systems<br />
GPS global positioning system<br />
HEI Houston Engineering, Inc.<br />
HCWP Hawk Creek <strong>Watershed</strong> Project<br />
HLWD Heron Lake <strong>Watershed</strong> District<br />
HSPF Hydrologic Simulation Program FORTRAN<br />
HUC hydrologic unit code<br />
IBI index of biological integrity<br />
ICT Interagency Coordination Team<br />
IHT Imminent Health Threat<br />
IPM integrated pest management<br />
IWAV Impaired water viewer<br />
IWI International Water Institute<br />
IWM Intensive <strong>Watershed</strong> Monitoring<br />
JPB Joint Powers Board<br />
JD2 Judicial Ditch 2<br />
KAP Knowledge, attitudes and practices study<br />
kg kilograms<br />
LARS Local Annual <strong>Report</strong>ing System<br />
lbs pounds<br />
lbs/yr pounds per year<br />
LGU Local Government Unit<br />
LiDAR Light Detection and Ranging<br />
MAWD Minnesota Association of <strong>Watershed</strong> Districts<br />
MCES Metropolitan Council Environmental Services<br />
MDA Minnesota Department of Agriculture<br />
mg/L milligrams/liter<br />
MMW Middle Minnesota <strong>Watershed</strong><br />
MNDOT Minnesota Department of Transportation<br />
MPCA Minnesota Pollution Control Agency<br />
MPN most probable number<br />
MS4 Municipal Separate Storm Sewer System<br />
N nitrogen<br />
NBMP.xlsm <strong>Watershed</strong> Nitrogen Reduction Planning Tool<br />
NBSR North Branch Sunrise River<br />
NCHF North Central Hardwood Forest ecoregion<br />
NCRWMO North Cannon River <strong>Watershed</strong> Management<br />
Organization<br />
NO3-N Nitrite, Nitrate<br />
NPS nonpoint source<br />
NRCS Natural Resource Conservation Service<br />
NTT Nutrient Tracking Tool<br />
P Phosphorus<br />
PAH polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons<br />
PBMP.xlsm <strong>Watershed</strong> Phosphorus Reduction Planning tool<br />
PI Principal investigator<br />
PPDP Participatory Program Development Projects<br />
PPB parts per billion<br />
RCRCA Redwood-Cottonwood Rivers Control Area<br />
RRBC Red River Basin Commission<br />
RRW Rush River <strong>Watershed</strong><br />
SCWMC Shingle Creek <strong>Watershed</strong> Management Commission<br />
SAC State Advisory Committee<br />
SAM Scenario Application Manager<br />
SE SWCD JPB SE SWCD Technical Support Joint Power<br />
Board<br />
Minnesota Pollution Control Agency www.pca.state.mn.us 8