| Units of measure
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| C | Celsius
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| mg/L | milligrams per liter
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| mg/L | micrograms per liter
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| mS/cm | microsiemens per centimeter at 25o Celsius
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| Analytical Methods
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| ASF | micro-Kjeldahl digestion, automated segmented flow, colorimetric
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| COL | colorimetric
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| CV-AAS | cold vapor-atomic absorption spectrophotometry
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| DCP-AES | direct current plasma-atomic emission spectrometry
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| DIS | dissolved
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| ELEC | electrometric
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| F-AAS | flame-atomic absorption spectrophotometry
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| GF-AAS | graphite furnace-atomic absorption spectrophotometry
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| GRAV | gravimetric
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| HG-AAS | hydride generation-atomic absorption spectrophotometry
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| IC | ion chromatography
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| ICP-AES | inductively coupled plasma-atomic emission spectrometry
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| ICP-AES/T | inductively coupled plasma-atomic emission spectrometry,
trace
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| ICP-MS | inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry
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| ISE | ion-selective electrode
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| LIS | low ionic strength |
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| TITR | electrometric titration
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| USEPA | U.S. Environmental Protection Agency method
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| WWR | whole-water recoverable
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| Others
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| BSP | Blind Sample Project
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| Fs | regression estimate of F-pseudosigma
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| LOP | statistically significant lack of precision
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| MPV | most probable value
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| MRL | minimum reporting limit
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| NEG | negative bias
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| NSD | number of standard deviations
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| NWIS | National Water Information System
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| NWQL | National Water Quality Laboratory
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| POS | positive bias
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| QWSU | Quality of Water Service Unit
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| RSD | relative standard deviation
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| SRWS | standard reference water sample
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| USGS | U.S. Geological Survey
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| WRD | Water Resources Division
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