
CCWP
Cedar Creek Wildlife Project
CES
Cooperative Extension Service
CFS
Cubic feet per second
Channelization
The practice of straightening a waterway to remove meanders in order to increase the column and/or rate of discharge. Sometimes concrete is used to line the sides and bottom of the channel.
Confluence
The flowing together of two or more streams. A point of juncture.
Cryptosporidium
A protozoan of the genus cryptosporidium that is an intestinal parasite in humans and other vertebrates and some times causes diarrhea that is especially severe in immuno-compromised (weakened immune system) individuals.
CSO
Combined Sewer Overflow