| AASHTO | American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials |
| AC | alternating current |
| ADSC | International Association of Foundation Drilling |
| AMPP | Association for Materials Protection and Performance |
| ANN | artificial neural network |
| APB | acid-producing bacteria |
| API | American Petroleum Institute |
| ASCE | American Society of Civil Engineers |
| AST2 | Type 2 aluminized steel |
| ATP | adenosine triphosphate |
| AWWA | American Water Works Association |
| BMP | best management practices |
| BMPDB | Best Management Practices Database |
| CEC | cation exchange capacity |
| C.F.R. | Code of Federal Regulations |
| CIPS | close interval potential survey |
| CP | cathodic protection |
| CSE | copper–copper sulfate reference electrode |
| DC | direct current |
| DIGGS | Data Interchange for Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Specialists |
| DNA | deoxyribonucleic acid |
| DSS | decision support system |
| EIC | environmentally induced cracking |
| EIS | electrochemical impedance spectroscopy |
| EMI | electromagnetic induction |
| ER | electrical resistance |
| ERC | Engineering Research Centers |
| FBE | fusion-bond epoxy |
| FHWA | Federal Highway Administration |
| FISH | fluorescence in situ hybridization |
| GDP | gross domestic product |
| GSI | Geosynthetic Institute |
| ICCP | impressed current cathodic protection |
| ILI | in-line inspection |
| IRB | iron-reducing bacteria |
| LPR | linear polarization resistance |
| MCEER | Multidisciplinary Center for Earthquake Engineering Research |
| MFL | magnetic flux leakage |
| MIC | microbially influenced corrosion |
| ML | machine learning |
| MSE | mechanically stabilized earth |
| MURI | Multidisciplinary University Research Initiative |
| NAS | National Academy of Sciences |
| NBS | National Bureau of Standards |
| NSF | National Science Foundation |
| PCR | polymerase chain reaction |
| PDP | potentiodynamic polarization |
| PE | polyethylene |
| PVC | polyvinyl chloride |
| RNA | ribonucleic acid |
| SCC | stress corrosion cracking |
| SIP | spectral induced polarization |
| SOB | sulfur-oxidizing bacteria |
| SP | standard practice |
| SPP | sulfide-producing prokaryote |
| SRB | sulfate-reducing bacteria |
| USGS | U.S. Geological Survey |