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FAQs: Frequently Asked Questions

Acronyms


What is a Watershed?

What is an Enhanced Nutrient Removal (ENR) septic system?

What is the Critical Area?

What is a TMDL?

 


BAT: Best Available Technology

BMP: Best Management Practice

BNR: Biological Nutrient Removal

CAFO: Concentrated Animal Feeding Operation

CREP: Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program

DNR: Department of Natural Resources

ENR: Enhanced Nutrient Removal

EPA: Environmental Protection Agency

EQUIP: Environmental Quality Incentives Program

ESD: Environmental Site Design

LID: Low Impact Development

MDE: Maryland Department of the Environmental

MOU: Memorandum of Understanding

MS4: Municipal Separate Storm Sewer System

NMP: Nutrient Management Plan

NPDES: National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System

NRCS: Natural Resource Conservation Service

OSDS: Onsite Sewage Disposal System

SAV: Submerged Aquatic Vegetation

TMDL: Total Maximum Daily Load

TN: Total Nitrogen

TP: Total Phosphorus

USDA: US Department of Agriculture

WIP: Watershed Implementation Plan

WRP: Wetland Reserve Program

 

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