Internal User Index of Terms

AC

Administrative Contact

ACA

Administrative Compliance Agreement

ALE

Action Level Exceedance in not a violation but triggers other requirements to minimize exposure to lead and copper in drinking water that include water quality parameter monitoring, corrosion control treatment, source water monitoring/treatment, public education, and lead service line replacement.

Bacti

Bacteriological

BWA

Boil Water Advisory

CCR

Consumer Confidence Report

CG

Campground - five or more recreational units (i.e., tents, campers, RVs) placed on a parcel or tract of land and are used for temporary living quarters.

CM

Content Manager - Database hosted by DTMB

CROMERR

Cross Media Electronic Reporting Rule - EPA’s legal framework for electronic reporting under EPA’s regulatory programs. The CROMERR program ensures the enforceability of regulatory information collected electronically by EPA and EPA’s state, tribal and local government partners.

CWS

Community Water Supply

DASU

Data Applications Support Unit

DBP

Disinfection Byproducts

DFCR

Deficiency Correction

DSMI

Distribution System Materials Inventory

DTMB

Department of Technology, Management & Budget

DWV

Drinking Water Viewer (DWV) is a GEC product that provides online information on the Inventory, Sample Results, Compliance Activities, and the water quality produced by public water supplies.

EH

Environmental Health

FOIA

The Michigan Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) provides all persons (except persons incarcerated in correctional facilities) with access to public records of public bodies. Requests to inspect or receive public records from EGLE must be in writing and describe the requested records with enough detail to enable the department to identify and locate the requested records. Some records are exempt from disclosure under the FOIA or another statute and thus will not be provided. A fee may be charged to process requests.

GIS

Geographic Information Systems

GU

Groundwater Under the Influence

GUP

Groundwater Under the Influence Purchased

GW

Groundwater

GWP

Groundwater Purchased

GWR

Groundwater Rule

HABs

Harmful Algae Blooms

KBA

Knowledge Base Article

LCNT

Lead Consumer Notice

LCR

Lead and Copper Rule

LCRR

Lead and Copper Rule Revised

LCU

Lead and Copper Unit

LHD

Local Health Department

LSL

Lead Service Line - Service lines are the underground pipes that deliver water from the water main to a home. They are made of various types of materials, including copper, galvanized iron, plastic, and lead.

MCL

The maximum contaminant level is the highest level of a contaminant that is allowed in drinking water. MCLs are set as close to MCLGs as feasible using the best available treatment technology and taking cost into consideration. MCLs are enforceable standards.

MGD

Million Gallons Per Day

mg/L

Milligrams per liter

MiCaRs

Michigan Cashier and Receivable System - System used to make Payments to the State of Michigan

MOR

Monthly Operation Report

MTQ

MiCaRs transaction queue

Non-comm/NCWS

Non-community Water Supplies - is a water system that provides water for drinking or potable purposes to 25 or more persons at least 60 days per year or has 15 or more service connections.

NTNC

Non-Transient, Non-Community

NP

Non-Public

OEL

Operational Evaluation Level

OWM

Onsite Wastewater Management - Unit offers assistance and training to local health departments in the review and approval of:

• Land developments utilizing onsite wastewater systems.

• Large capacity onsite systems discharging up to 10,000 gallons per day

PFAS

Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances

PN

Public Notice

PWSID

Public Water Supply Identification

RECAP

Reports, Evaluations, Compliance, and Processing (RECAP) GEC software that integrates data from multiple databases and compiles the information into reports that convey information for primacy agencies, water systems, and the public.

Res/Non-Res

Residential/Non-Residential Accounts (with respect to CWS Cross Connection Reports)

RTCR

Revised Total Coliform Rule

RTSV

Regulated Treatment Surveillance Visit

Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA)

Safe Drinking Water Act was created to protect the public health; to provide for supervision and control over public water supplies; to prescribe the powers and duties of the department of environmental quality; to provide for the submission of plans and specifications for waterworks systems and the issuance of construction permits therefor; to provide for capacity assessments and source water assessments of public water supplies; to provide for the classification of public water supplies and the examination, certification and regulation of persons operating those systems; to provide for continuous, adequate operation of privately owned, public water supplies; to authorize the promulgation of rules to carry out the intent of the act; to create the water supply fund; to provide for the administration of the water supply fund; and to provide penalties.

SDWIS

Safe Drinking Water Information System - GEC application that collects and stores information used to implement the Safe Drinking Water Act.

SFTIES (DW-SFTIES)

Drinking Water - State Federal Tribal Information Exchange System (will replace SDWIS in future)

SH

Septage Hauler

Smarty Streets

Software used to verify addresses in MiEHDWIS.

SP

Swimming Pool

SS

Sanitary Survey

SSP

Sampling Site Plan/Sample Siting Plan

SW

Surface Water

SWP

Surface Water Purchased

SWP

Source Water Protection

SWIFT

Safe Water Information Field Tool (SWIFT) is a GEC application that enables users to evaluate the present conditions observed at public water systems.

SWRF

Septage Waste Receiving Facility

TCG

Temporary campgrounds - often in conjunction with other events such as festivals, fairs, races, and holidays.

TT

Treatment Technique

UCMR

Unregulated Contaminant Monitoring Rule

VN

Violation Notice

WH

Water Hauler

WQP

Water Quality Parameter