GLOSSARY OF TERMS
AOC
BEMX BF3 /MeOH BMX-1 BMX-2 BMX-3 CCF CH2 N2 CI Cl2 CLSA ClO2 ClO2 CT DCAN DIW DBP DCP DOC DS DXAA EBCT ECD EI EMX EtAc FE FI GAC GC H2 SO4 /MeOH HAAs HAA5 HAA9 HANs
Assimilable organic carbon
Brominated forms of EMX Boron trifluoride methanol complex 3-Chloro-4-(bromochloromethyl)-5-hydroxy-2(5H)-furanone 3-Chloro-4-(dibromomethyl)-5-hydroxy-2(5H)-furanone 3-Bromo-4-(dibromomethyl)-5-hydroxy-2(5H)-furanone Carbon contactor filtered Diazomethane Chemical ionization Chlorine Closed-loop stripping analysis Chlorine dioxide Chlorite
Concentration-time
Dichloroacetonitrile
Deionized water
Disinfection by-product
Dichloropropanone
Dissolved organic carbon
Distribution system
Sum of dihaloacetic acids (dichloro-, bromochloro-, dibromoacetic acid)
Empty bed contact time
Electron capture detector
Electron ionization
(E)-2-Chloro-3-(dichloromethyl)-4-oxobutenoic acid
Ethyl acetate
Filter effluent
Filter influent
Granular activated carbon
Gas chromatography or Gas chromatograph
Sulfuric acid in methanol
Haloacetic acids
Sum of 5 HAAs (monochoro-, monobromo-, dichloro-, dibromo-,
trichloroacetic acid) Sum of 9 HAAs (HAA5 + bromochloro-, bromodichloro-, dibromochloro-, tribromoacetic acid) Haloacetonitriles
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HKs HNMs HPLC HRMS ICR ID IS KHP LLE MBA MCA MCL MDL MEK MeOH MG mgd MS MtBE MW MWDSC MX MX-analogues MXR MXR-analogues NA ND NH2 Cl NMR NR NS N2 NH3 NOM O3 OE Ox-EMX Ox-MX Ox-NOM PE PFBHA
Haloketones
Halonitromethanes
High performance liquid chromatography
High resolution mass spectrometry
Information Collection Rule
Inner diameter
Internal standard
Potassium hydrogen phosphate
Liquid-liquid extraction
Mucobromic acid
Mucochloric acid
Maximum contaminant level
Method detection limit
Methyl ethyl ketone
Methanol
Million gallons
Million gallons per day
Mass spectrometry
Methyl tertiary-butyl ether
Molecular weight
Metropolitan Water District of Southern California
3-chloro-4-(dichloromethyl)-5-hydroxy-2(5H)-furanone
MX, ZMX, EMX, ox-MX, ox-EMX, red-MX, MCA, BMX-1,2,3
Esterified form of MX
Esterified forms of MX-analogues
Not available
Not detected at or above minimum reporting level (MRL)
Chloramines
Nuclear magnetic resonance
Not reported
Not sampled
Nitrogen gas
Ammonia
Natural organic matter
Ozone
Ozone contactor effluent
Oxidized EMX, (E)-2-Chloro-3-(dichloromethyl)butenedioic acid
Oxidized MX, (Z)-2-Chloro-3-(dichloromethyl)butenedioic acid
Oxidized NOM
Plant effluent
Pentafluorobenzylhydroxylamine
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P&T Red-MX RDL RM SDS SIR SPE SPME SUVA TCP THMs THM4 TIC TLC TOC TT TXAA UNC USEPA UV VOC WTP ZMX
Purge-and-trap
Reduced MX, 3-Chloro-4-(dichloromethyl)-2(5H)-furanone
Reporting detection level
Rapid mix
Simulated distribution system
Selected ion monitoring
Solid phase extraction
Solid phase microextraction
Specific ultraviolet absorbance
Trichloropropanone
Trihalomethanes
Sum of 4 regulated THMs (chloroform, bromoform,
bromodichloromethane, dibromochloromethane) Total ion chromatogram Thin layer chromatography Total organic carbon Treatment tank effluent Sum of trihaloacetic acids (trichloro-, bromodichloro-, dibromochloro-, tribromoacetic acid) University of North Carolina United States Environmental Protection Agency Ultraviolet light Volatile organic compound Water treatment plant (Z)-2-Chloro-3-(dichloromethyl)-4-oxobutenoic acid
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