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Talk the Talk-EPA Terms

Michael Forlini | Aug 1, 2008

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Terms used in the Environment: What are they saying?

Many of us are simply overwhelmed with environmental talk. Whether it is an issue being explained by an environmental engineer, permit writer, or even a service station owner, it usually comes down to acronyms. NPDES, MtBE, DNAPL, RCRA, CERCLA, CWA. As these acronyms float around in the environment’s alphabet soup, many of us just listen and acknowledge these terms without any real idea of what they actually mean.

Environmental issues are on the rise, and so is the use of many of these acronyms.

Recently, I discovered on EPA’s website an electronic list of environmental terms and acronyms associated with the diverse variety of environmental issues.

This is a very handy link, who knows you may soon talk the talk.

http://www.epa.gov/OCEPAterms/bterms.html

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