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Appendix A. List of Acronyms

A-2

Collecting Large Fish During Tissue Study

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List of Acronyms7Q2 - seven-day, two-year low-flow

ADB - assessment data base

AFO - animal feeding operation

ALA - aquatic life assessment

ALM - aquatic life monitoring

APEX - Agricultural Productivity Extender

BAT - best available treatment

BCT - best conventional treatment

BMP - best management practice

BPT - best practical treatment

BRC - Bureau of Radiation Control

CAFO - confined animal feeding operation

CBBEP - Coastal Bend Bays and Estuaries Program

CCMP - Combined Coastal Management Plan

CFR - Code of Federal Regulations

CMP - Coastal Management Program

CNA - Comision Nacional del Aqua

CRP - Clean Rivers Program

CWA - Clean Water Act

CSWPP - Comprehensive State Groundwater Protection Program

CAZRA - Coastal Zone Reauthorization Amendment

DBP - disinfection by-products

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EPA - United States Environmental Protection Agency

EIS - Environmental Impact Statement

EQS - equilibrium partioning sediment guidelines

GBEP - Galveston Bay Estuary Program

GBFIG - Galveston Bay Freshwater Inflow Group

GLO - General Land Office

HEP - habitat evaluation procedure

HP - Habitat Protection Plan

IBEP - Integrated Border Environmental Plan

IBI - Index of Biotic Integrity

IBWC - International Boundary Water Commission

IFIM - instream flow incremental methodology

IQAPP - Integrative Quality Assurance Project Plan

LCRA - Lower Colorado River Authority

MCL - maximum contaminant level

MTBE - Methyl Tertiary-Butyl Ether

NRDA - Natural Resource Damage Assessment Program

NEP - National Estuary Program

NOAA - National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

NPDES - National Pollutant Discharge and Elimination System

NPS - nonpoint source

NRU - Natural Resource Uses

NSSP - National Shellfish Sanitation Program

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ONRW - outstanding national resource water

PAHs - Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons

PBT - Persistent, Bioaccumulative, and Toxic

PCBs - Polychlorinated Biphenyls

PEL - probable effects level

PPE - Public Participation and Education

PPG - Performance Partnership Grant

PSQAPP - Project Specific Quality Assurance Project Plan

PWS - public water supply

QAPP - quality assurance project plan

RBA - rapid bioassessment

RCRA - Resource Conservation and Recovery Act

RCT - Railroad Commission of Texas

RWA - receiving water assessment

SWAT - Soil and Water Assessment Tool

SWAP - Source Water Assessment and Protection Program

SWQM - surface water quality monitoring

SWQMP - Surface Water Quality Monitoring Program

SWQMT - Surface Water Quality Monitoring Team

SWT - Southwest Texas State University

TAES - Texas Agricultural Experiment Station

TAC - Texas Administrative Code

TCCC - Texas Coastal Coordinating Council

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TCEQ - Texas Commission on Environmental Quality

TDA - Texas Department of Agriculture

TDH - Texas Department of Health

TDLR - Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation

TDS - total dissolved solids

TDWS - Texas Drinking Water Standards

TEL - threshold effects level

TGPC - Texas Groundwater Protection Committee

THM - trihalomethane

TMDL - total maximum daily load

TNRCC - Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission

TOXNET - Ambient Water and Sediment Toxicity Testing Program

TPDES - Texas Pollutant and Discharge Elimination System

TPWD - Texas Parks and Wildlife Department

TRACS - Texas Regulatory Activities and Compliance System

TRACS - Texas Review and Comment System

TSSWCB - Texas State Soil and Water Conservation Board

TSWQS - Texas Surface Water Quality Standards

TT - Treatment Technique Requirement

TWDB - Texas Water Development Board

TxBAD - Texas Basin Assessment Database

TxDOT - Texas Department of Transportation

UAA - use attainability analysis

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USFWS - United States Fish and Wildlife Service

USGS - United State Geological Survey

VOC - volatile organic compound

WBS - water body system

WLE - wasteload evaluation

WQST - Water Quality Standards Team

WPCP - Water Pollution Control Program

WSQ - Water and Sediment Quality

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Appendix B. Major Aquifers of Texas

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B-3

PEC OS

WEBB

BR EWSTER

HUDSPETH

PR ESIDIO

REEVES

CULBERSO N

VAL VERDE

DUVAL

TERR ELL

CROC KETT

KEN EDY

FRI O

HARRIS

HILL

BELL

BEE

CLAY

PO LK

ED WARDSKER R

JEFF D AVI S

GAINES

LEON

UVALDE

HALELAMB FL OYDBAI LY MOTLEY COTTLE

DALLAM

DIMMI T

IRIO N

KI NG

BEXARKI NNEY

STARR

HALLCASTR OPAR MER BR ISCO ESW ISHER CHILD-RESS

JACK

UPTO N

SU TTO N

HIDALGO

OLD HAM

CASSWISE

ELLI S

MEDI NA

KI MBLE

ZAVALA

KEN TLYNNTERR Y GARZAYO A-KUM

STONE-WAL L

RUSK

LEE

GRAY

COKE

LA SALLE

MIL AM

ER ATH

HARTLEY

HUNT

BR AZORIA

SMITH

KN OX

LLAN O

TYL ER

AN DREWS

LIBERTYTRAVI S

NUECES

JONES

REAGAN

ZAPATA

LAMAR

BO WI E

REAL

WARD

NOLAN

MIL LS

COLEMANEC TO R

MASO N

YO UNG

TO MGREEN

FALLS

CAMERO N

HAYS

MATAGORDA

COO KE

JAS PER

DEAF SMITH

BU RNET

MAVERIC K

HOUSTON

LAVACA

FISH ER

BR OW N

COL LIN

MO ORE

FANN IN

MARTIN

DALLAS

EL PASO

LIVE O AK

BO SQU E

HARDIN

KLEBERG

TAYL OR

JIM HO GG

POTTER

DONLEY

GOL IAD

SANSABA

ATASCOSA

CORYEL L

DENTON

CRANE

CONC HO

BAYLOR

BR OO KS

PAR KER

RUNNEL S

NAVARRO

AR CHER

DE WI TT

CARSON

SC URRY

CROSBY

FAYETTE

SH ELBY

WOO D

BORDEN

CALHOUN

WHARTON

MENARD

NEW

TON

GILLESPIE

DICKENS

GRIMES

SC HLEI CHER

HASKELL

PAN OLA

FOARD

WIL SON

RANDALL

MI D-LAND

DAWSO N

GON ZAL ES

GRAYSON

HOW ARD

MCMULLEN

RED RI VER

ROBERTS

HOCK-LEY

TARR ANT

AN DERSON

CHERO KEE

LUBBO CK

VI CTORI A

BASTROP

WALKER

JEFFERSON

SH ERMAN

MITCH ELL

STERL ING

WHEELER

HEMPHI LL

TRI NITY

KAR NES

WINKL ER

LIPSCOMB

JACKSON

REFU GIO

WIL LIAMSON

AU STI N

LOVI NG

WIL LACY

EASTL AN D

HOPKIN S

BL ANCO

HARRISO NSTEPHENS

CALL AHAN

AN GELINA

COLORADO

KAU FMAN

HANS-FORD

BAN DERA

PALOPI NTO

JIMWELLS

MO NTAGUE

COMAN-CHE

MCCULLOCH

COMAL

HAMI LTON LIME-STO NE

WIL BAR-G ER

OCHI LTREE

MC LENNANSABI NE

CHAMBER S

COCH -RAN

FO RT BEND

VAN ZANDT

JOHN SON

HENDERSO N

WICH ITA

TITUS

MONTGOMERY

FREE-STO NE

KEN DALL

HOOD

GLASS-COCK

BR AZOS

GALVESTON

AR MS-TRONG

UPSHUR

ROBERTSON

HUTCHINSON

LAMPASAS

WALL E

R

NACOG-DOCH ES

BU RLESON

HARDE-MAN

SH ACKEL-FOR D

GUADAL UPE

AR ANSAS

THR OCK-MO RTON

MARI ON

COLLIN GS-WORTH

MADI SON

CALDW ELL

SANPATRI CIO

SAN JACINTO

WASHIN GTON ORANG E

DELTA

RAINS

GREG G

SA N

AU GU

ST INE

CAMP

MO

RRIS

SOMER-VELL

ROCK-WALL

FRAN

KLIN

N

Major Aquifers of Texas

OgallalaCenozoic Pecos AlluviumHueco-Mesilla BolsonSeymourTrinity

Explanation

*

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B-5

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Appendix C. Minor Aquifers of Texas

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C-3

*

*

*

*

*

*

PEC OS

WEBB

BR EWSTER

HUDSPETH

PR ESIDIO

REEVES

CULBERSO N

VAL VERDE

DUVAL

TERR ELL

CROC KETT

KEN EDY

FRI O

HARRIS

HILL

BELL

BEE

CLAY

POLK

ED WARDS KER R

JEFF D AVI S

GAINES

LEON

UVALDE

HALELAMB FLOYDBAI LY MO TLEY COTTLE

DALL AM

DIMMI T

IRION

KI NG

BEXARKI NNEY

STARR

HALLCASTR OPAR MER BR ISCO ESW ISHERCHILD-RESS

JACK

UPTO N

SU TTO N

HIDAL GO

OLD HAM

CASSWISE

ELLI S

MEDI NA

KI MBLE

ZAVALA

KEN TLYNNTERR Y GARZAYO A-KUM

STO NE-WALL

RUSK

LEE

GRAY

COKE

LA SALLE

MILAM

ER ATH

HARTLEY

HUNT

BR AZO RIA

SMITH

KN OX

LLAN OTYLER

AN DREWS

LIBERTYTRAVI S

NUECES

JONES

REAGAN

ZAPATA

LAMAR

BOWI E

REAL

WARD

NOLAN

MIL LS

COLEMANEC TO R

MASON

YO UNG

TO MGREEN

FALLS

CAMERO N

HAYS

MATAGORDA

COO KE

JASPE R

DEAF SMITH

BU RNET

MAVERIC K

HOUSTON

LAVACA

FISH ER

BR OW N

COL LIN

MOORE

FANN IN

MARTIN

DALLAS

EL PASO

LIVE O AK

BOSQU E

HARDIN

KLEBERG

TAYLOR

JIM HOGG

PO TTER

DONLEY

GOL IAD

SANSABA

ATASCO SA

CORYEL L

DENTON

CRANE

CONC HO

BAYL OR

BR OO KS

PAR KER

RUNNELS

NAVARRO

AR CHER

DE WI TT

CARSON

SC URRY

CROSBY

FAYETTE

SH ELBY

WOO D

BORDEN

CALHOUN

WHARTON

MENARD

NEWTON

GILLESPIE

DICKENS

GRIMES

SC HLEI CHER

HASKELL

PAN OLA

FOARD

WILSON

RANDALL

MI D-LAND

DAWSO N

GON ZALES

GRAYSON

HOW ARD

MCMULLEN

RED RI VER

ROBERTS

HOCK-LEY

TARR ANT

AN DERSON

CHERO KEE

LUBBO CK

VI CTORI A

BASTROP

WALKER

JEFFERSON

SH ERMAN

MITCH ELL

STERL ING

WHEELER

HEMPHI LL

TRI NITY

KAR NES

WINKLER

LIPSCOMB

JACKSON

REFU GIO

WILLIAMSON

AU STI N

LOVI NG

WIL LACY

EASTL AN D

HOPKIN S

BL ANCO

HARRISO NSTEPHENS

CALLAHAN

AN GEL INA

COL ORADO

KAU FMAN

HANS-FORD

BAN DERA

PAL OPI NTO

JIMWELL S

MONTAGUE

COMAN-CHE

MCCULLOCH

COMAL

HAMI LTON L IME-STONE

WILBAR-GER

OCHI LTREE

MC LENNANSABI NE

CHAMBER S

COCH -RAN

FORT BEND

VAN ZANDT

JOHN SON

HENDERSO N

WICH ITA

TITUS

MONTGOMERY

FREE-STONE

KEN DALL

HOO D

GLASS-COCK

BR AZOS

GALVESTON

AR MS-TRO NG

UPSHUR

ROBERTSON

HUTCHINSO N

LAMPASAS

WAL

L ER

NACOG-DOCH ES

BU RLESON

HARDE-MAN

SH ACKEL-FOR D

GUADALUPE

AR ANSAS

THR OCK-MO RTON

MARI ON

COLLIN GS-WORTH

MADI SON

CALDW ELL

SANPATRI CIO

SAN JACINTO

WASHIN GTON ORANG E

DELTA

RAINS

GREG G

SAN

AUGU

ST INE

CAMP

MO

RRI

S

SO MER-VEL L

ROCK-WALL

FRAN

KLIN

Minor Aquifers of Texas

*

*

Ellenburger-San Saba

Rita Blanca

Igneous

Lipan

Nacatoch

West Texas Bolsons

Hickory

Brazos River Alluvium

Dockum

Bone Spring - Victoria Peak

Explanation

N

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