Appendix A - Acronyms
- ABS
- acrylonitrile butadiene styrene
- AHJ
- Authority Having Jurisdiction
- ASME
- American Society of Mechanical Engineers
- ASSE
- American Society of Sanitary Engineering
- AWWA
- American Water Works Association
- CFDA
- Canadian Food and Drugs Act
- CPVC
- chlorinated polyvinyl chloride
- CSA
- Canadian Standards Association
- DISS
- Diameter Index Safety System
- DWV
- drainage, waste and vent
- GHS
- Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals
- GMAW
- Gas Metal Arc Welding
- GPS
- global positioning system
- GTAW
- Gas Tungsten Arc Welding
- HDPE
- high-density polyethylene
- ICI
- industrial/commercial/institutional
- ID
- inside diameter
- JHA
- job hazard analysis
- LEED
- Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design
- LOTO
- lock-out and tag-out
- LPG
- liquefied petroleum gas
- MAPP
- methylacetylene-propadiene propane
- NBC
- National Building Code
- NFPA
- National Fire Protection Association
- NPC
- National Plumbing Code
- OD
- outside diameter
- PE
- polyethylene
- PEX
- cross-linked polyethylene
- PEX-AL-PEX
- PEX-Aluminum-PEX
- PPE
- personal protective equipment
- PRV
- pressure reducing valve
- PVC
- polyvinyl chloride
- RFI
- request for information
- RPBP
- reduced pressure backflow preventer
- SDS
- Safety Data Sheets
- SMAW
- Shielded Metal Arc Welding
- TDG
- Transportation of Dangerous Goods
- TDH
- total dynamic head
- TDS
- total dissolved solids
- TSP
- trap seal primer
- UV
- ultraviolet
- VFD
- variable frequency drive
- WC
- water column
- WHMIS
- Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System
- WLL
- working load limit