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Civil Engineering Vocab
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1. A relatively clear or forested area left untouched in or near a city. It may be active open space - such as a baseball field - or passive open space - such as an area of natural woodland.
open space
Wastewater Treatment Plant
Roof Leader
Angle Post
2. In landscape architecture - the organization of areas of land for specific aesthetic or functional purposes. This can range from creating small backyard patios to huge urban plazas.
Subsidence
Housing and Urban Development - Department of (HUD)
manipulation of space
Surcharge Manhole
3. The pipeline extending from the water main to the building served or to the consumer's system.
Wasteline Cleanout
Soil Displacement
Service Pipe
Manhole Bedding
4. A separate pipe - conduit or open channel (sewer) that carries runoff from storms - surface drainage - and street wash - but does not include domestic and industrial wastes. Storm sewers are often the recipients of hazardous or toxic substances due t
planned unit development (PUD)
Storm Water Inlet
Storm Sewer
Adsorption
5. Water that does not contain objectionable pollution - contamination - minerals - or infective agents and is considered satisfactory for drinking.
Potable Water
built environment
Manhole Vents
Aeration
6. A popular social concern of the late nineteenth and early 20th centuries aimed at improving the appearance of urban areas through better planning and the addition of formal - romanticized public spaces and gardens.
Manhole Bedding
City Beautiful Movement
multiple use
Sanitary Sewer
7. The prepared and compacted base on which a manhole is constructed.
Manhole Bedding
Caisson
landscape
Soil Displacement
8. The angle between a horizontal line andthe slope or surface of unsupported material such as gravel - sand -or loose soil. Also called the 'natural slope.'
Angle of Repose
Select Backfill
Bedding
Soil Displacement
9. The science and management of land - especially rural - agricultural land.
Estimated Flow
Laundering Weir
parkway
agronomy
10. The elements of supply inherent to an area that can be used to satisfy human needs - including air - soil - water - native vegetation - minerals and wildlife.
Manhole
natural resources
Outlet
Elevation
11. A sewer pipe to which building laterals are connected. Also called a COLLECTION MAIN.
base plan
Sewer Main
open space
Sediment
12. A site that might appear to be natural but has elements and features that were planned and specified by a landscape architect. Designed landscapes include Central Park in New York to the siting of buildings.
Cistern
Grease Trap
designed landscape
Balustrade
13. A structure or chamber which is usually sunk or lowered by digging from the inside. Used to gain access to the bottom of a stream or other body of water.
Caisson
Wastewater Collection System
cost-benefit analysis
Pump Station
14. A groundwater table that has seasonal changes in depth or elevation.
Septic Tank
Artificial Groundwater Table
Seasonal Water Table
Bureau of Land Management (BLM)
15. Any designated use or activity on a piece of land.
Retention
Angle Post
Day Tank
land use
16. A legal form of land-use control and building regulations usually exercised by a municipal authority; usually involves setting aside of distinct land areas for specific purposes - such as commercial - educational or residential development.
A S T M
view
zoning
Terminal Manhole
17. Horizontal shoring members - usually square - rough cut timber - that are used to hold solid sheeting - braces or vertical shoring members in place. Also called STRINGERS.
Absorption
National Park Service (NPS)
Walers
Clear Well
18. A downspout or pipe installed to drain a roof gutter to a storm drain or other means of disposal.
Equalizing Basin
Infiltrated Debris
Roof Leader
Deadend Manhole
19. The oxidation ditch is a modified form of the activated sludge process. The ditch consists of two channels placed side by side and connected at the ends to produce one continuous loop of wastewater flow and a brush rotator assembly placed across the
Caisson
Elevation
Oxidation Ditch
environmental design professions
20. Regulations specifying the type of construction methods and materials that are allowable on a project.
building codes
Hydrostatic Pressure
Sewage
view
21. A biological wastewater treatment process which speeds up the decomposition of wastes in the wastewater being treated. Activated sludge is added to wastewater and the mixture (mixed liquor) is aerated and agitated. After some time in the aeration tan
Storm Runoff
Activated Sludge Process
Runoff
Sewer
22. A type of wastewater or service connection pipe made of a low grade of cast iron. _ In plumbing - a pipe that carries the discharge of toilets or similar fixtures - with or without the discharges from other fixtures.
Interceptor
Soil Pipe
historic preservation
Retention
23. Federal agency responsible for producing and managing many federally-funded public service programs - especially those affecting housing and public spaces.
Mail Line
Housing and Urban Development - Department of (HUD)
Surcharge Manhole
Lateral Break
24. Opening in a sewer provided for the purpose of permitting operators or equipment to enter or leave a sewer. Sometimes called an 'access hole' or a 'maintenance hole.'
base plan
Weir
Manhole
Subsidence
25. This landscape architecture specialization has evolved to encompass maintenance of a site in its present condition; conservation of a site as part of a larger area of historic importance; restoration of a site to a given date or quality; renovation o
Adsorption
site plan
landscape contractor
historic preservation
26. A trained builder or installer of landscapes - retained to implement the plans of landscape architects.
Bearing
Rubble - Ordinary
Wasteline Vent
landscape contractor
27. A dimensioned drawing indicating the form of an existing area and the physical objects existing in it and those to be built or installed upon it.
Storm Collection System
Select Backfill
Admixture
site plan
28. A large pipe to which a series of smaller pipes are connected. Also called a HEADER.
A S T M
Manifold
Artificial Groundwater Table
Service Pipe
29. A multinational organization of landscape architects whose purpose is the promotion of landscape design and planning.
Admixture
International Federation of Landscape Architects (IFLA)
Surface Runoff
Interceptor
30. A large - public park - often highly scenic and isolated belonging to and operated by the federal government.
environmental design professions
Acid Rain
national park
Manhole Bedding
31. The gathering of a gas - liquid - or dissolved substance on the surface or interface zone of another material. Advanced Waste Treatment (water) n Any process of water renovation that upgrades treated wastewater to meet specific reuse requirements. Ma
Angle Post
Adsorption
conservation
Settlement
32. An opening in pipes or sewers designed for rodding or working a snake into the pipe in either direction. Twoway cleanouts are most often found in building lateral pipes at or near a property line.
Two-Way Cleanout
Walers
Roof Leader
Cistern
33. A system used where wastewater collection systems and treatment plants are not available. The system is a settling tank in which settled sludge is in intimate contact with the wastewater flowing through the tank and the organic solids are decomposed
Rubble - Random
Septic Tank
Council of Landscape Architecture Registration Boards (CLARB)
built environment
34. A plan for conserving or protecting various natural or manufactured resources. Such a plan is used as a management tool in making decisions regarding soil - water - vegetation - manufactured objects and other resources at a particular site.
Angle Post
Septic Tank
Storm Runoff
conservation plan
35. A pipe or conduit that carries wastewater or drainage water. The term 'collection line' is often used also.
Sewer
Backfill
Retention
conservation
36. The creative illustration - planning and specification of space for the greatest possible amount of harmony - utility - value and beauty.
Angle of Repose
Rubble - Random
design
Acid Rain
37. Movement of soil from one place to another. Generally accompanies SILTING of a sewer system. Where infiltration is taking place and silt is carried into a sewer system - such silt or soil is removed from the ground around the sewer pipe and the resul
Potable Water
Soil Displacement
B T U
Outlet
38. A mixture of storm or surface runoff and other wastewater such as domestic or industrial wastewater.
Soil Displacement
Combined Wastewater
Collection Main
Lateral Cleanout
39. A septic tank or other holding tank which serves as a temporary wastewater storage reservoir for a Septic Tank Effluent Pump (STEP) system. See SEPTIC TANK.
conservation
drainage
Interceptor
Absorption Capacity
40. A receptacle designed to collect and retain grease and fatty substances usually found in kitchens or from similar wastes. It is installed in the drainage system between the kitchen or other point of production of the waste and the building wastewater
Outlet
Grease Trap
Clear Well
multiple use
41. A 19th- and 20th-century planned community traditionally featuring careful mixes of housing - open space - commercial activity and recreation. Examples include Reston - Va. - and Columbia - Md. - in the United States - and Harlow and Stevenage in Gre
Angle of Repose
new town
environmental inventory
Impermeable
42. Elements added to a natural landscape - such as paving stones - gravel - walkways - irrigation systems - roads - retaining walls - sculpture - street amenities - fountains - and other mechanical features.
Water Table
environmental impact
hardscape
Subsidence
43. A layer - usually of concrete or mortar - for providing continuous support to such items as bricks - slabs - pipes.
Equalizing Basin
Wastewater Treatment Plant
Estimated Flow
Bedding
44. The man-made creation of or alterations to a specific area - including its natural resources. This is in contrast to the 'natural environment.'
topography
built environment
Housing and Urban Development - Department of (HUD)
Sedimentation
45. The amount of runoff that reaches the point of measurement within a relatively short period of time after the occurrence of a storm or other form of precipitation. Also called 'direct runoff.'
City Beautiful Movement
Surcharge
Saturated Soil
Storm Runoff
46. The property of a material or soil that permits considerable movement of water through it when it is saturated.
Axial Load
Permeability
Lateral Cleanout
Surface Runoff
47. Legal right to use the property of others for a specific purpose. For example - a utility company may have a fivefoot easement along the property line of a home. This gives the utility the legal right to install and maintain a sewer line within the e
Septic Tank
Easement
Angle of Repose
Sewer Main
48. Broken stones - boulders - or other materials placed compactly or irregularly on levees or dikes for the protection of earth surfaces against the erosive action of waves.
environmental design professions
parkway
Riprap
Storm Collection System
49. Installation of pumps to lift wastewater to a higher elevation in places where flat land would require excessively deep sewer trenches. Also used to raise wastewater from areas too low to drain into available collection lines. These stations may be e
base plan
National Park Service (NPS)
Pump Station
Interconnector
50. Vertical member supporting the railing.
Adsorption
Acidic
Pump Station
Baluster