Scientific Investigations Report 2006–5205

U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY
Scientific Investigations Report 2006–5205

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Appendix 1. List of Acronyms Used In Report

Agencies:
DOH Washington State Department of Health
DOA Washington State Department of Agriculture
WaDOE Washington State Department of Ecology
Reclamation Bureau of Reclamation
USGS U.S. Geological Survey
TCWRA Tri-County Watershed Resource Agency
Terms:
WRIA Washington State Water Resource Inventory Area
TWSA Current available storage in the reservoirs, estimates of unregulated flow, and other sources that are principally return flows
TRS Township, range, and section
PWS Public water supply
PCC Power-consumption coefficient
Water-Rights Terms:
WRTS WaDOE’s digital water-rights database (Water Rights Tracking System)
Control ID Water-right identification number (in WRTS)
PRU Purpose of use (in WRTS)
POW Point/s of withdrawal (in WRTS)
POU Place of use (in WRTS)
Water-Right PRUs Listed in WRTS:
CI Commercial and Industrial Manufacturing (includes food processing and packaging, sand and gravel processing, asphalt plant, metal processing and manufacturing, pulp and paper manufacturing, aquatic plant culture, petroleum refining, car washes, and laundries)
CO Cooling for industrial purposes
DG Domestic General (use of water for all domestic uses not specifically defined in the water right record or not defined by the other specific domestic use categories. Includes sewage treatment, farm supply, and laboratory use)
DM Domestic Multiple (more than one dwelling, i.e. motels, trailer courts, campgrounds, parks, schools, port districts, public utility districts, diking and drainage districts, water districts, reclamation districts, and counties, none of which are under municipal control)
DS Domestic Single (one dwelling with lawn and garden, up to one-half acre)
DY Dairy
EN Environmental Quality (includes pollution control, dust control, flood control, or any water use which improves or maintains the quality of the environment)
FP Frost Protection (frost protection other than cranberries)
FR Fire Protection (includes sprinkling log storage facilities)
FS Fish Propagation (includes water service to ponds, reservoirs, hatcheries, and all other facilities involved in the overall purpose of fish propagation)
HE Heat Exchange (use of such equipment as heat pumps, refrigeration equipment, and other cooling devices)
HW Highway (maintenance and construction)
IR Irrigation (includes cranberry farming, lawn/garden watering with definite acreage, golf courses, greenhouses, etc.)
MI Mining (includes washing coal, dredge mining, and hydraulic mining)
MU Domestic Municipal (serves general domestic, commercial, and industrial needs of an incorporated municipality, i.e. cities, towns, and outlying areas)
PO Power (includes hydro-electric, hydraulic ram, and thermo-electric)
RE Recreation and Beautification (includes beautifying private and public grounds and supplying water to swimming pools, boating ponds, etc.)
RW Railway (use of water to serve railway equipment and facilities)
ST Stock Watering (includes domestic uses of water for dairy/cattle farms, game bird farming, poultry farming, and fur-bearing animal farming)
WL Wildlife Propagation (includes water to service non-domesticated animals such as birds, game and non-game species)

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