| 1,2-DCE | 1,2-Dichloroethane |
| AA-EQS | Annual Average Environmental Quality Standards |
| AOAC | AOAC International (Association of Official Agricultural Chemists) |
| BTEX | Benzene, Toluene, Ethylbenzene, Xylenes |
| CB | Chlorobenzene |
| DTD | Danube–Tisa–Danube (Hydro-system/Irrigation Canal Network) |
| EI | Electron Impact (Ionization) |
| EQS | Environmental Quality Standards |
| EU | European Union |
| GC | Gas chromatography |
| GC-MS | Gas chromatograph—Mass spectrometry |
| HPLC | High-performance liquid chromatography |
| HS-GC-MS | Headspace Gas Chromatography—Mass Spectrometry |
| HS-SPME | Headspace Solid-Phase microextraction |
| MAC-EQS | Maximum Allowable Concentrations Environmental Quality Standards |
| MIMS | Membrane Inlet Mass Spectrometry |
| MSD | Mass Selective Detector |
| m/z | Mass-to-Charge Ratio |
| NIST | National Institute of Standards and Technology |
| P&T | Purge-and-Trap |
| PCE | Tetrachloroethylene |
| ppb | Part Per Billion (µg/L) |
| RSD | Relative Standard Deviation |
| S/N | Signal-to-noise |
| Stddev | Standard Deviation |
| SIM | Selected Ion Monitoring |
| TCE | Trichloroethylene |
| US EPA | United States Environmental Protection Agency |
| VOC | Volatile Organic Compound |