The Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality (ADEQ) has added a page to its website that provides readers with the words behind various environmental acronyms and definitions of environmental terms used on its website. The page, focused on acronyms used in the water program, covers everything from a simple definition for chronic toxicity to identifying MS4 as shorthand for municipal separate storm sewer system.
As even ECOS members have noted the high number of acronyms and terms used in environmental agencies, this resource should help stakeholders in Arkansas – and a variety of other partners – better understand information from ADEQ.
