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Civil Engineering Vocab

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1. A device that admits surface waters to the storm water drainage system. Also see CURB INLET and CATCH BASIN.






2. An agency of the U.S. Department of Agriculture - primarily responsible for planning and overseeing the use of national forest lands by private - commercial and government users.






3. 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.






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






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






6. The legal grant of right-of-use to an area of designated private property.






7. A branch of biology dealing with the relationship between living things and their environment.






8. Narrowly defined - the amount of countryside and/or city that can be taken in at a glance. Also - an area of land or water taken in the aggregate.






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






10. 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.






11. Sewers are surcharged when the supply of water to be carried is greater than the capacity of the pipes to carry the flow. The surface of the wastewater in manholes rises above the top of the sewer pipe - and the sewer is under pressure or a head - ra






12. 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.






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






14. 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






15. A sewer installed to connect two separate sewers. If one sewer becomes blocked - wastewater can back up and flow through the interconnector to the other sewer.






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






17. A structure made of concrete or other durable material to protect bare soil from erosion by splashing or falling water.






18. The science and art of design - planning - management and stewardship of the land. Landscape architecture involves natural and built elements - cultural and scientific knowledge - and concern for resource conservation to the end that the resulting en






19. 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.






20. The science and management of land - especially rural - agricultural land.






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






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






23. American Society for Testing and Materials






24. A coordinating agency formed in 1961 for state boards that administer licensing exams and maintain records for landscape architects to practice.






25. A reservoir for the storage of filtered water of sufficient capacity to prevent the need to vary the filtration rate with variations in demand. Also used to provide chlorine contact time for disinfection.






26. OE The pressure at a specific elevation exerted by a body of water at rest - or _ In the case of groundwater - the pressure at a specific elevation due to the weight of water at higher levels in the same zone of saturation.






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






28. A natural underground layer of porous - waterbearing materials (sand - gravel) usually capable of yielding a large amount or supply of water.






29. An authorization issued by a government agency allowing construction of a project according to approved plans and specifications.






30. Pertaining to groundwater - a well - or underground basin where the water is under a pressure greater than atmospheric and will rise above the level of its upper confining surface if given an opportunity to do so.






31. Any method of determining the weight a compacted material is able to support without damage or displacement. Usually stated in pounds per square foot.






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






33. 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.






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






35. 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.






36. One or a series of oneinch diameter holes through a manhole lid for purposes of venting dangerous gases found in sewers.






37. A device made of pipe fittings used to prevent sewer gases escaping from the branch or lateral sewer from entering a building sewer.






38. 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






39. A network of pipes - manholes - cleanouts - traps - siphons - lift stations and other structures used to collect all wastewater and wastewatercarried wastes of an area and transport them to a treatment plant or disposal system. The collection system






40. 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






41. 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.






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






43. 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






44. Any designated use or activity on a piece of land.






45. 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.






46. A system of major sewers serving as transporting lines and not as local or lateral sewers.






47. 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.






48. A system of gutters - catch basins - yard drains - culverts and pipes for the purpose of conducting storm waters from an area - but intended to exclude domestic and industrial wastes.






49. Clarifier - Settling Tank. A tank or basin in which wastewater is held for a period of time during which the heavier solids settle to the bottom and the lighter materials float to the water surface.






50. A break in a lateral pipe somewhere between the sewer main and the building connection.