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Civil Engineering Vocab
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1. A strip of unspoiled - often treed - agricultural or other outlying land used to separate or ring urban areas.
Council of Landscape Architecture Registration Boards (CLARB)
Oxidation Ditch
Storm Runoff
greenbelt
2. Masonry composed of roughly shaped stones fitting approximately on level beds - well bonded and brought at vertical intervals to continuous level beds of courses.
Bedding
Collection System
Rubble - Coursed
CADD
3. Water or wastewater flowing from a higher elevation to a lower elevation due to the force of gravity. The water does not flow due to energy provided by a pump. Wherever possible - wastewater collection systems are designed to use the force of gravity
Gravity Flow
Lateral Cleanout
Compaction
Wasteline Vent
4. A natural underground layer of porous - waterbearing materials (sand - gravel) usually capable of yielding a large amount or supply of water.
new town
Housing and Urban Development - Department of (HUD)
Aquifer
Acid Rain
5. A groundwater table that has seasonal changes in depth or elevation.
Seasonal Water Table
Main Sewer
Check Valve
Rubble - Coursed
6. 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.
Combined Sewer
Angle of Repose
Potable Water
cost-benefit analysis
7. Material used in backfilling of an excavation - selected for desirable compaction or other characteristics.
Storm Sewer
Interconnector
Datum Line
Select Backfill
8. The man-made creation of or alterations to a specific area - including its natural resources. This is in contrast to the 'natural environment.'
Hydrostatic Pressure
Bearing
Seasonal Water Table
built environment
9. 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
Shear Wall
Subsidence
Earth Shift
Adhesion
10. A wall or plate placed in an open channel and used to measure the flow of water. The depth of the flow over the weir can be used to calculate the flow rate - or a chart or conversion table may be used to convert depth to flow. A wall or obstruction u
Clear Well
Laundering Weir
Weir
Manifold
11. 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.
Service Pipe
Supersaturated
national park
designed landscape
12. A reactor or basin in which baffles or other devices create a series of compartments. The environment and the resulting microbial population within each compartment can be controlled to some extent by the operator. The environmental conditions (food
Adhesion
Artesian
Water Table
Selector
13. 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.
Easement
planning
landscape architecture
Equalizing Basin
14. A rough guess of the amount of flow in a collection system. When greater accuracy is needed - flow could be computed using average or typical flow quantities. Even greater accuracy would result from metering or otherwise measuring the actual flow.
Council of Landscape Architecture Registration Boards (CLARB)
Estimated Flow
Chain of Custody
Admixture
15. 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.'
American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA)
Storm Runoff
landscape architect
Potable Water
16. A trained builder or installer of landscapes - retained to implement the plans of landscape architects.
conservation plan
land trust
landscape contractor
Roof Leader
17. The property of a material or soil that permits considerable movement of water through it when it is saturated.
Mail Line
Balustrade
Sewer Main
Permeability
18. Load applied along or parallel to and concentric with the primary axis
Sewage
B T U
Newel Post
Axial Load
19. 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.
land trust
landscape
Pump Station
landscape architect
20. 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
historic preservation
landscape
City Beautiful Movement
Sedimentation Basin
21. A tank used to store a chemical solution of known concentration for feed to a chemical feeder. A day tank usually stores sufficient chemical solution to properly treat the water being treated for at least one day. Also called an AGE TANK.
landscape
historic preservation
Clear Well
Day Tank
22. That part of the precipitation falling on a drainage area which does not escape as surface stream flow during a given period. It is the difference between total precipitation and total runoff during the period - and represents evaporation - transpira
Oxidation Ditch
Retention
Artificial Groundwater Table
Adsorption
23. A community's used water and water carried solids (including used water from industrial processes) that flow to a treatment plant. Storm water - surface water - and groundwater infiltration also may be included in the wastewater that enters a wastewa
Liquefaction
Wastewater
Imported Backfill
building codes
24. 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
Combined Sewer
Equalizing Basin
B T U
Pump Station
25. Landscape architecture - (civil) engineering - urban planning and architecture. Agronomy is also often included in this group.
Weir
reclamation
CADD
environmental design professions
26. Acronym for 'Computer Aided (i.e. - Assisted) Design and Drafting -' a digital design process in which landscape architects use computers to help produce precise drawings and details for the construction of a project.
CADD
Groundwater
Sanitary Sewer
multiple use
27. The prepared and compacted base on which a manhole is constructed.
Secondary Treatment
Outlet
Wasteline Vent
Manhole Bedding
28. 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.
designed landscape
Storm Collection System
Main Sewer
Chain of Custody
29. 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.
Soil Pipe
Surcharge
Earth Shift
Select Bedding
30. 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
Sewage
National Park Service (NPS)
Easement
conservation plan
31. Any attempt to restore to beneficial use land that has lost its fertility and stability; most often applies to mining reclamation - such as the restoration of strip mines and quarries.
Main Sewer
Bearing Wall
reclamation
manipulation of space
32. Downward movement of the soil or of a structure which it supports
B T U
National Park Service (NPS)
Settlement
new town
33. American Society for Testing and Materials
landscape architecture registration
American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA)
Rubble - Ordinary
A S T M
34. A system of major sewers serving as transporting lines and not as local or lateral sewers.
Trunk System
Select Backfill
manipulation of space
Walers
35. A manhole which fills and allows raw wastewater to flow out onto the street or ground.
easement
Interconnector
Manhole Bedding
Overflow Manhole
36. A multinational organization of landscape architects whose purpose is the promotion of landscape design and planning.
Grade
International Federation of Landscape Architects (IFLA)
Invert
Seasonal Water Table
37. The pipes - conduits - structures - equipment - and processes required to collect - convey - and treat domestic and industrial wastes - and dispose of the effluent and sludge.
International Federation of Landscape Architects (IFLA)
environmental impact
Wastewater Facilities
Datum Line
38. A line from which heights and depths are calculated or measured. Also called a datum plane or a datum level.
Clear Well
Capillary Action
Datum Line
Service Pipe
39. The conversion of large solid particles of sludge into very fine particles which either dissolve or remain suspended in wastewater.
Select Bedding
Main Sewer
Liquefaction
Storm Water Inlet
40. One or a series of oneinch diameter holes through a manhole lid for purposes of venting dangerous gases found in sewers.
Seasonal Water Table
Manhole Vents
Earth Shift
Interceptor
41. 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.
easement
Lateral Sewer
Artesian
Easement
42. A manhole located at the upstream end of a sewer and having no inlet pipe. Also called a DEADEND MANHOLE.
Deadend Manhole
Lateral Sewer
Terminal Manhole
view
43. 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.
Sedimentation Basin
Soil Pipe
Two-Way Cleanout
air rights
44. 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
Newel Post
Handhole Trap
Storm Collection System
Grade
45. 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
Runoff
A S T M
Pump Station
Curb inlet
46. A flat board or plate - deflector - guide or similar device constructed or placed in flowing water or slurry systems to cause more uniform flow velocities - to absorb energy - and to divert - guide - or agitate liquids (water - chemical solutions - s
Baffle
Compaction
ecology
Axial Load
47. A sewer pipe to which building laterals are connected. Also called a COLLECTION MAIN.
Sewer Main
base plan
conservation plan
Seasonal Water Table
48. The process of adding air to water. Air can be added to water by either passing air through water or passing water through air. In wastewater treatment - air is added to freshen wastewater and to keep solids in suspension. With mixtures of wastewater
Aeration
Sewage
Runoff
Wastewater Treatment Plant
49. Masonry composed of irregularly shaped stones laid without regularity of coursing - but well bonded.
designed landscape
hardscape
zoning
Rubble - Ordinary
50. 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.
natural resources
Curb inlet
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
new town
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