- ADEC (Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation)
- BTEX (Benzene, Toluene, Ethylbenzene, and Xylenes; petroleum hydrocarbons)
- CDX (EPA Central Data Exchange; data submission portal)
- DRO (Diesel Range Organics)
- FC (Fecal Coliform)
- GRO (Gasoline Range Organics)
- J (lab qualifier: qualified detection; value is between the LOD and the LOQ)
- KWF (Kenai Watershed Forum)
- LOD (Laboratory Detection Limit; the lowest concentration at which a compound can be reliably detected)
- LOQ (Laboratory Quantitation Limit; the lowest concentration that can be reliably measured and reported)
- MDL (Method Detection Limit)
- MRL (Method Reporting Limit)
- QAPP (Quality Assurance Project Plan)
- QC (Quality Control)
- RM (River Mile)
- RPD (Relative Percent Difference; a measure of agreement between two measurements of the same sample)
- RRO (Residual Range Organics)
- SGS (SGS North America; environmental laboratory)
- SWWTP (Soldotna Wastewater Treatment Plant)
- TSS (Total Suspended Solids)
- U (lab qualifier: non-detect; the compound was not detected at or above the LOD)
- USEPA (United States Environmental Protection Agency)
- WQP (EPA Water Quality Portal; public data repository)
- WQX (Water Quality Exchange; EPA data standard and submission system)
