| Acronym |
Definition |
| RIBRWCT |
RI Bays, Rivers and Watersheds Coordintion Team |
| CSO |
Combined Sewar Overflow |
| CZM |
Coastal Zone Management |
| DO |
Dissolved Oxygen |
| EBM |
Ecosystem Based Management |
| EOEEA |
Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs |
| FTE |
Full Time Employee |
| GIS |
Geographical Information System |
| GSO |
Graduate School of Oceanography |
| HAP |
Hunt-Annaquatucket-Pettaquamscutt |
| KWD |
Kingston Water District |
| MADEP |
Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection |
| NASA |
National Aeronautics and Space Administration |
| NBC |
Narragansett Bay Commission |
| NBEP |
Narragansett Bay Estuary Program |
| NBNERR |
Narragansett Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve |
| NBR |
Narragansett Bay Region |
| NOAA |
National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Adminitstration |
| NRCS |
Natural Resources Conservation Sevrvices |
| PNB |
Partnership for Narragansett Bay |
| PPA |
Performance Partnership Agreement |
| RAS |
Rapid Assessment Survey |
| RICRMC |
RI Coastal Resources Management Council |
| RIDEM |
RI Department of Environmental Management |
| RIDOH |
RI Department of Health |
| RIFLS |
River Instream Flow Stewards |
| RIGIS |
RI Geographical Information System |
| RINHS |
RI Natural History Survey |
| SAV |
Submerged Aquatic Vegetation |
| SLP |
System Level Plan |
| STB |
Save The Bay, Narragansett Bay |
| TMDL |
Total Maximum Daily Loads |
| UBWPAD |
Upper Blackstone Water Pollution Abattement District |
| URI |
University of Rhode Island |
| US FDA |
U.S. Food and Drug Administration |
| USDA |
U.S. Department of Agriculture |
| USEPA |
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency |
| USFWS |
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service |
| USGS |
U.S. Geological Survey |
| WRB |
Water Resources Board |
| WWTF |
Waste Water Treatment Facility |
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