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ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS


APRP

Agricultural Policy Reform Programme

ARD

Agriculture and Rural Development Department of the World Bank

BCM

Billion cubic metres

BCWUA

Branch canal water user association

BOD

Biological oxygen demand

COD

Chemical oxygen demand

CUA

Collector user association

DAS

Drainage Advisory Service

DFID

United Kingdom Department of International Development

DrainFrame

Drainage Integrated Analytical Framework

DRI

Drainage Research Institute

EA

Environmental assessment

EEAA

Egyptian Environmental Affairs Agency

EIA

Environmental impact assessment

EMP

Environmental management plan

EPADP

Egyptian Public Authority for Drainage Projects

EQIP

Environmental Quality Incentives Program

ERR

Economic rate of return

EU

European Union

FAO

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

GARPAD

General Authority for Reclamation Projects and Agricultural Development

GDP

Gross domestic product

GIS

Geographic information system

GOE

Government of Egypt

IAS

Irrigation Advisory Services

LAU

Local administrative units

IBRD

International Bank for Reconstruction and Development

ID

Irrigation Department

I&D

Incision and drainage

IFAD

International Fund for Agricultural Development

IIP

Irrigation Improvement Project

IIIMP

Integrated Irrigation Improvement and Management Project

IMT

Irrigation management transfer

IRU

Institutional Reform Unit

IWRM

Integrated water resource management

KfW

Kreditanstalt fur Wiederaufbau (German Bank for Reconstruction)

Km

Kilometre

LE

Egyptian pound

m

Metre

mm

Millimetre

MADWQ

Monitoring and Analysis of Drainage Water Quality project

MALR

Ministry of Agriculture and Land Reclamation

M&E

Monitoring and evaluation

MED

Mechanical and Electrical Department of Ministry of Water Resources and Irrigation

MEP

Monitoring and Evaluation Programme

MIS

Management information system

MPN

Most probable number

Msl

Mean sea level

MWRI

Ministry of Water Resources and Irrigation

NAWQAM

National Water Quality and Availability Management project

NWRC

National Water Research Center

NDP

National Drainage Project

NGO

Non-governmental organization

NPSRP

National Pumping Station Rehabilitation Programme

O&M

Operation and maintenance

PCD

Project concept document

PRA

Participatory rural appraisal

RIGW

Research Institute for Groundwater

SAR

Staff appraisal report

SEA

Strategic Environmental Assessment

SOGREAH

Société Grenobloise d'Etudes et d'Applications Hydrauliques

STW

Sewage treatment works

WBP

Water Board Project


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