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Civil Engineering Vocab

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1. Record of an area's natural and man-made resources - including vegetation - animal life - geological characteristics and mankind's presence in such forms as housing - highways and even hazardous wastes.






2. 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






3. A groundwater table that has seasonal changes in depth or elevation.






4. Rain and snow water accumulated in the earth's porous rock.






5. A chamber or well used with storm or combined sewers as a means of removing grit which might otherwise enter and be deposited in sewers. Also see STORM WATER INLET and CURB INLET.






6. The conversion of large solid particles of sludge into very fine particles which either dissolve or remain suspended in wastewater.






7. The lay of the land - particularly its slope and drainage patterns; the science of drawing maps and charts or otherwise representing the surface features of a region or site - including its natural and man-made features.






8. Federal agency responsible for producing and managing many federally-funded public service programs - especially those affecting housing and public spaces.






9. A professional society that represents landscape architects in the United States and Canada and seeks to better the practice and understanding of landscape architecture through education - research - state registration and other programs.






10. A preliminary plan showing proposed ultimate site development. Master plans often comprise site work that must be executed in phases over a long time and are thus subject to drastic modification.






11. An opening or point of access in a building wastewater pipe system for rodding or snake operation.






12. The amount of liquid which a solid material can absorb. Sand - as an example - can hold approximately onethird of its volume in water - or three cubic feet of dry sand can contain one cubic foot of water. A denser soil - such as clay - can hold much






13. A wastewater pumping station that lifts the wastewater to a higher elevation when continuing the sewer at reasonable slopes would involve excessive depths of trench. Also - an installation of pumps that raise wastewater from areas too low to drain in






14. 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






15. A U.S. government agency responsible for developing and enforcing regulations that guide the use of land and natural resources.






16. The lowest point of the channel inside a pipe - conduit - or canal.






17. A capped opening in a building lateral -usually located on the property line - through which the pipelines can be cleaned.






18. The creative illustration - planning and specification of space for the greatest possible amount of harmony - utility - value and beauty.






19. A water treatment process in which solid particles settle out of the water being treated in a large clarifier or sedimentation basin.






20. 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






21. Landscape architecture - (civil) engineering - urban planning and architecture. Agronomy is also often included in this group.






22. A type of easement granting permission to a constructor or developer to build over a street or structure.






23. A professional who designs - plans - and manages outdoor spaces ranging from entire ecosystems to residential sites and whose media include natural and built elements; also referred to as a designer - planner - consultant. Not to be confused with lan






24. A mixture of storm or surface runoff and other wastewater such as domestic or industrial wastewater.






25. The height to which something is elevated - such as the height above sea level.






26. 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.'






27. A wall that resist horizontal forces applied in the plane of the wall.






28. 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






29. The running off of water from a land surface or subsurface - such as through sewers or natural means.






30. The pipe system for collecting and carrying water and watercarried wastes from domestic and industrial sources to a wastewater treatment plant.






31. Solid material settled from suspension in a liquid.






32. The pipeline extending from the water main to the building served or to the consumer's system.






33. A material - other than aggregate - cementitious material or water - added in small quantities to the mix in order to produce some (desired) modifications - either to the properties of the mix or of the hardened product.






34. 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.






35. Not easily penetrated. The property of a material or soil that does not allow - or allows only with great difficulty - the movement or passage of water.






36. A sewer pipe to which building laterals are connected. Also called a COLLECTION MAIN.






37. A manhole in which the rate of the water entering is greater than the capacity of the outlet under gravity flow conditions. When the water in the manhole rises above the top of the outlet pipe - the manhole is said to be 'surcharged.'






38. The illustration and description of problem-statements and large-scale design solutions that affect extensive areas of land; the anticipation of problems that will be encountered as human use and development of land continues.






39. The natural elements with which landscape architects work - such as plant materials and the soil itself.






40. A record of each person involved in the handling and possession of a sample from the person who collected the sample to the person who analyzed the sample in the laboratory and to the person who witnessed disposal of the sample.






41. 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






42. Post at which the railing terminates at each floor level.






43. British thermal units; the quantity of thermal energy required to raise one pound of water at its maximum density - 1 degree F. One BTU is equivalent to .293 watt hours - or 252 calories. One kilowatt hour is equivalent to 3412 BTU Back Pressure (wat






44. 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.'






45. Vertical member supporting the railing.






46. 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.






47. Regulations specifying the type of construction methods and materials that are allowable on a project.






48. 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.






49. The prepared and compacted base on which a manhole is constructed.






50. A railing composed of balusters capped by a handrail.