| AFI | Artificial floating Islands | FAO | Food and Agriculture Organization |
| ASGM | Artisanal and Small Gold Mining | FTW | Floating treatment wetland |
| BOD | Biological oxygen demand | ICP-MS | Coupled Plasma-Atomic Emission Spectrometry |
| CW | Constructed wetlands | OMVS | Senegal River Development Organization “Organisation pour la mise en valeur du fleuve Sénégal” |
| COD | Chemical oxygen demand | SWOT | Strengths, weakness, opportunities and Threats |
| COF | Coagulation-flocculation | TSS | Total suspended solids |