Toward Safe Harbours - 2005
Appendix C - Acronyms and Glossary
Appendix C - Acronyms and Glossary Acronyms AOC BAIT BARC BUI cBOD CSO EC GLWQA HCA IJC MISA NWRI OMOE PWQO RAP RBG SP TP TKN TSS WWTP
Area of Concern Bay Area Implementation Team Bay Area Restoration Council Beneficial Use Impairment Carbonaceous Biochemical Oxygen Demand Combined Sewer Overflow Environment Canada Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement Hamilton Conservation Authority International Joint Commission Municipal-Industrial Strategy for Abatement National Water Research Institute (Environment Canada) Ontario Ministry of the Environment Provincial Water Quality Objective Remedial Action Plan Royal Botanical Gardens Soluble phosphorus Total phosphorus Total Kjeldahl nitrogen Total Suspended Solids Wastewater Treatment Plant
Glossary (Unless otherwise noted, glossary entries are referenced from RAP Stage 2 Update 2002) 24 hour Composite Sample A 24-hour composite sample is a mixture of individual grab samples that are collected at regular intervals. 24-hour composite samples consist of individual representative samples collected every 15 minutes. A composite sample may then be prepared from the set of preserved grab samples. Equal volumes of the individual samples must be used unless flow monitoring allows for flow proportioning of the composite sample. (City of Palo Alto) Algal Blooms Excessive growths of algae and aquatic plants that form unsightly scums and layers of turbid water, impairing the water for recreational, domestic and aesthetic uses. Area of Concern "…a geographic area that fails to meet the General or Specific Objectives of the Agreement where such failure has caused or is likely to cause impairment of beneficial use or of the area's ability to support aquatic life" (IJC 1987: p.24).
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