AF - Acre-foot, Acre-feet
ALWCD - Animas-LaPlata Water Conservancy District
AOP - Annual Operating Plan (governing Bureau of Reclamation Colorado River operations.)
AWRA - American Water Resources Association
AWWA - American Water Works Association
BCNM - Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Monument
BLM - U.S. Bureau of Land Management
BMWCD - Battlement Mesa Water Conservancy District
BWCD - Basalt Water Conservancy District
BLWCD - Bluestone Water Conservancy District
BO - Biological Opinion
BRM - Big River Model
CAP - Central Arizona Project
CBM - Coal Bed Methane
C-BT - Colorado-Big Thompson Project
CCWCD - Central Colorado Water Conservancy District
CDPHE - Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment
CFOPS - Coordinated Facilities Operations Study
CFB - Colorado Farm Bureau
CFS - Cubic Feet Per Second
CFWE - Colorado Foundation for Water Education
CGWC - Colorado Ground Water Commission
CRDSS - Colorado River Decision Support System
CROS - Combined Reservoir Operations Study
CRPAB - Colorado River Policy Advisory Board
CRSM - Colorado River Simulation Mode
CRSP - Colorado River Storage Project
CRSPA - Colorado River Storage Project Act
CRSS - Colorado River Simulation System
CRWCD - Colorado River Water Conservation District
CRWUA - Colorado River Water Users Association
CSU - Colorado Springs Utilities
CU - Consumptive Use
CUP - Central Utah Project
CREA - Colorado Rural Electric Association
CWA - Clean Water Act
CWC - Colorado Water Congress
CWCB - Colorado Water Conservation Board
CWQCC - Colorado Water Qaulity Control Committee
CWRPDA - Colorado Water Resources & Power Development Authority
CWQCC/D - Colorado Water Quality Control Commission/Division
CWRRI - Colorado Water Resources Research Institute
DCWRA - Douglas County Water Resource Authority
DEIS - Draft Environmental Impact Statement (NEPA)
DNR - Department of Natural Resources (Colorado)
DOI - Department of the Interior
DMI - Data Management Interface
DNR - Department of Natural Resources (Colorado)
DOI - U.S. Department of Interior
DougCo - Douglas County Water Resources Authority Study
DSS - Decision Support System
DW - Denver Water
DWR - Division of Water Resources (Colorado)
EA - Environmental Assessment
EIS - Environmental Impact Statement
EPA - Environmental Protection Agency
EPRP - Eagle Park Reservoir Project
ERA - Eagle River Assembly
ERWSD - Eagle River Water & Sanitation District
ERA - Eagle River Assembly
ESA - Endangered Species Act
ET - Evapotranspiration
FERC - Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
FONSI - Finding of No Significant Impact (NEPA)
FRICO - Farmer's Reservoir and Irrigation Company
GASP - Groundwater Appropriators of the South Platte
GIS - Geographical Information System
GMR - Green Mountain Reservoir
GMUG - Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forests
GVIC - Grand Valley Irrigation Company
GVWUA - Grand Valley Water Users Association
HCCA - High Country Citizen's Alliance
HUP - Historic Users Pool (refers to Green Mountain Reservoir)
ICPA - Interstate Compact Policy Analysis
IGA - Inter-Governmental Agreement
IID - Imperial Irrigation District (California)
IRP - Integrated Resource Plan
IWB - Interstate Water Bank
IMAP - Information Management Annual Plan
IMC - Information Management Committee
IRP - Integrated Resource Plan
KAF - Thousand Acre-feet
MAF - Million Acre Feet
MCID - Mesa County Irrigation District
MCWA - Mesa County Water Association
MOA - Memorandum of Agreement
MOU - Memorandum of Understanding
MPWCD - Middle Park Water Conservancy District
MWD - Metropolitan Water District of Southern California
MWSI - Metropolitan Water Supply Investigation
NCWCD - Northern Colorado Water Conservancy District
NFMA - National Forest Management Act
NPS - National Park Service (Department of Interior)
NEPA - National Environmental Policy Act
NISP - Northern Integrated Supply Project
NPDES - National Pollutant Discharges Elimination Sytem
NRCS - Natural Resources Conservation Service
NWCCOG - Northwest Colorado Council of Governments
NWRA - National Water Resources Association
OMID - Orchard Mesa Irrigation District
OWC - Office of Water Conservation (Colorado Water Conservation Board)
QQ -Water Quantity and Quality Committee of Northwest Colorado Council of Governments
QSA - Quantification Settlement Agreement
PBO - Programmatic Biological Opinion
PID - Palisade Irrigation District
PSOP - Preferred Storage Options Plan
PRP - Platte River Project
PWSD - Parker Water & Sanitation District
RBWCD - Rio Blanco Water Conservancy District
RDBMS - Relational Database Management System
RFC - Roaring Fork Conservancy
RICD - Recreational In-Channel Diversion
RGWCD - Rio Grand Water Conservation District
RGWUA - Rio Grande Water Users' Association
RIP - Recovery Implementation Program
RIP-RAP - Recovery Implementation Program - Recovery Action Plan
RMNP - Rocky Mountain National Park
RRA - Reclamation Reform Act
RWPA - Ruedi Water/Power Authority
RWPC - Redlands Water & Power Company
SECWCD - Southeast Colorado Water Conservancy District
SEO - State Engineer's Office
SCWCD - Southwestern Water Conservation District
SWCD - Silt Water Conservancy District
SWSI - Statewide Water Supply Initiative
TABOR - Taxpayer's Bill of Rights
TAC - Technical Advisory Committee
TCWCD - Tri-county Water Conservancy District
TDS - Total Dissolved Solids
TNC - The Nature Conservancy
TU - Trout Unlimited
USSD - United States Society on Dams
UCRC - Upper Colorado River Commission
UGRWCD - Upper Gunnison River Water Conservancy District
UPCO - Upper Colorado River Basin Study
USACE - U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
USBR - United States Bureau of Reclamation
USGS - United States Geologic Survey
USFWS - United States Fish and Wildlife Service
UVWUA - Uncompahgre Valley Water Users Association
UWCD - Ute Water Conservancy District
UYWCD - Upper Yampa Water Conservancy District
WA - Wilderness Act
WAPA - Western Area Power Authority
WDWCD - West Divide Water Conservancy District
WESTCAS - Western Coalition of Arid States
WRNF - White River National Forest
WSWC - Western States Water Council
WSRA - Wild & Scenic Rivers Act
YRBP - Yampa River Basin Partnership
YJWCD - Yellow Jacket Water Conservancy District
7/10 - Seven States/Ten Tribes in the Colorado River Basin
3 -State Agreement - Colorado/Nebraska/Wyoming for Platte River Endangered Species
