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Civil Engineering Vocab

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






2. A conservation group that maintains a revolving fund for quickly buying land that is in danger of being developed inappropriately or without regard to proper environmental considerations.






3. Water that does not contain objectionable pollution - contamination - minerals - or infective agents and is considered satisfactory for drinking.






4. An agency of the U.S. Department of the Interior charged with the planning and administration of all parks and monuments in the federal park system. The NPS is often referred to as the largest single employer of landscape architects in the United Sta






5. The pipes - conduits - structures - equipment - and processes required to collect - convey - and treat domestic and industrial wastes - and dispose of the effluent and sludge.






6. Solid material settled from suspension in a liquid.






7. Material used to provide a bedding or foundation for pipes or other underground structures. This material is of specified quality for desirable bedding or other characteristics and is often imported from a different location.






8. The elevation of the invert (or bottom) of a pipeline - canal - culvert - or similar conduit. _ The inclination or slope of a pipeline - conduit - stream channel - or natural ground surface; usually expressed in terms of the ratio or percentage of nu






9. Narrowly defined - an extended view or prospect from a site which - many times - is as important as or more important than the site itself.






10. A small tank (usually covered) or a storage facility used to store water for a home or farm. Often used to store rainwater.






11. 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.






12. A large - public park - often highly scenic and isolated belonging to and operated by the federal government.






13. An unstable condition of a solution (water) in which the solution contains a substance at a concentration greater than the saturation concentration for the substance.






14. Material used in backfilling of an excavation - selected for desirable compaction or other characteristics.






15. The condition of water or soil which contains a sufficient amount of acid substances to lower the pH below 7.0.






16. A groundwater table that is changed by artificial means. Examples of activities that artificially raise the level of a groundwater table include agricultural irrigation - dams and excessive sewer line exfiltration. A groundwater table can be artifici






17. A wall that supports any vertical load in addition to its own weight.






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






19. Sand - silt - gravel and rocks carried or washed into a collection system by infiltration water flows.






20. The dropping or lowering of the ground surface as a result of removing excess water (overdraft or overpumping) from an aquifer. After excess water has been removed - the soil will settle - become compacted and the ground surface will drop and can cau






21. Tamping or rolling of a material to achieve a surface or density that is able to support predicted loads.






22. A sewer that discharges into a branch or other sewer and has no other common sewer tributary to it. Sometimes called a 'street sewer' because it collects wastewater from individual homes.






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






24. Downstream opening or discharge end of a pipe - culvert - or canal.






25. In landscape architecture - a study of the potential cost of site purchase - demolition and improvement in comparison to the income or other benefit to be derived from site development.






26. Shoring members placed across a trench to hold other horizontal and vertical shoring members in place.






27. The formation of separate layers (of temperature - plant - or animal life) in a lake or reservoir. Each layer has similar characteristics such as all water in the layer has the same temperature. Also see THERMAL STRATIFICATION.






28. 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






29. The used household water and watercarried solids that flow in sewers to a wastewater treatment plant. The preferred term is WASTEWATER.






30. The upper surface of the zone of saturation of groundwater in an unconfined aquifer.






31. A large pipe to which a series of smaller pipes are connected. Also called a HEADER.






32. A road laid through a garden or park-like landscape - usually with median and roadside plantings.






33. A holding basin in which variations in flow and composition of a liquid are averaged. Such basins are used to provide a flow of reasonably uniform volume and composition to a treatment unit. Also called a balancing reservoir.






34. A pipe or conduit (sewer) intended to carry wastewater or waterborne wastes from homes - businesses - and industries to the POTW (Publicly Owned Treatment Works). Storm water runoff or unpolluted water should be collected and transported in a separat






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






36. In zoning - a housing or commercial development composed of individual units that are regulated as a whole.






37. A small box-like structure that contains valves used to regulate flows.






38. 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






39. The slope of a plot of land. Grading is the mechanical process of moving earth changing the degree of rise or descent of the land in order to establish good drainage and otherwise suit the intent of a landscape design.






40. Masonry composed of roughly shaped stones - well bonded and brought at irregular intervals vertically to discontinuous but approximately level beds or courses.






41. Downward movement of the soil or of a structure which it supports






42. A sewer line that receives wastewater from many tributary branches and sewer lines and serves as an outlet for a large territory or is used to feed an intercepting sewer.






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






44. A pipe or conduit that carries wastewater or drainage water. The term 'collection line' is often used also.






45. The force that resists the separation of two bodies in contact.






46. A manhole which fills and allows raw wastewater to flow out onto the street or ground.






47. A chamber or well built at the curbline of a street to admit gutter flow to the storm water drainage system. Also see STORM WATER INLET and CATCH BASIN.






48. Material used to fill in a trench or excavation






49. 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.






50. A manhole located at the upstream end of a sewer and having no inlet pipe. Also called a DEADEND MANHOLE.







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