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Civil Engineering Vocab
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1. 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.'
Capillary Action
grade
land trust
Storm Runoff
2. One or a series of oneinch diameter holes through a manhole lid for purposes of venting dangerous gases found in sewers.
built environment
new town
Manhole Vents
Interceptor
3. 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.
Absorption
Lateral Sewer
Acid Rain
Curb inlet
4. 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.
Main Sewer
Equalizing Basin
International Federation of Landscape Architects (IFLA)
CADD
5. 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.
Clear Well
Sewage
Shear Wall
ground water
6. Rain and snow water accumulated in the earth's porous rock.
Terminal Manhole
ground water
drainage
Adhesion
7. 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.
Manifold
built environment
landscape
site plan
8. 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.
Baffle
open space
Selector
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
9. The used household water and watercarried solids that flow in sewers to a wastewater treatment plant. The preferred term is WASTEWATER.
Secondary Treatment
Liquefaction
Sewage
new town
10. 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.
Interceptor
Wasteline Cleanout
drainage
Storm Sewer
11. 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.
landscape architecture registration
Walers
Sewer Main
Stratification
12. 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
Bearing
Storm Water
new town
Adsorption
13. A road laid through a garden or park-like landscape - usually with median and roadside plantings.
Earth Shift
grade
parkway
Handhole Trap
14. A sewer that receives wastewater from many tributary branches or sewers and serves a large territory and contributing population.
Axial Load
Trunk Sewer
grade
Laundering Weir
15. The form of the land. Contour lines are map lines connecting points of the same ground elevation and are used to depict and measure slope and drainage. Spot elevations are points of a specific elevation.
Acidic
contour
Sedimentation
Manhole Vents
16. Precipitation which has been rendered (made) acidic by airborne pollutants.
American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA)
base plan
Aeration
Acid Rain
17. 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.
planned unit development (PUD)
greenbelt
natural resources
Wastewater
18. Shoring members placed across a trench to hold other horizontal and vertical shoring members in place.
Curb Stop
Cross Braces
zoning
Pump Station
19. 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.
Walers
Wastewater Facilities
Lateral Cleanout
Wastewater Treatment Plant
20. The condition of water or soil which contains a sufficient amount of acid substances to lower the pH below 7.0.
Acidic
CADD
Liquefaction
Pump Station
21. A wall that supports any vertical load in addition to its own weight.
Angle of Repose
Sewer
Housing and Urban Development - Department of (HUD)
Bearing Wall
22. An opening or point of access in a building wastewater pipe system for rodding or snake operation.
Wasteline Cleanout
Groundwater
Potable Water
Trunk System
23. 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
Grease Trap
Lift Station
Wastewater
Secondary Treatment
24. A small box-like structure that contains valves used to regulate flows.
Soil Pipe
Storm Sewer
Vault
Angle of Repose
25. Narrowly defined - an extended view or prospect from a site which - many times - is as important as or more important than the site itself.
environmental inventory
view
Splash Pad
Wasteline Cleanout
26. 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
Angle Post
National Park Service (NPS)
Bedding
CADD
27. Downstream opening or discharge end of a pipe - culvert - or canal.
Cistern
Adhesion
Outlet
Oxidation Ditch
28. A downspout or pipe installed to drain a roof gutter to a storm drain or other means of disposal.
building codes
Roof Leader
Water Table
Infiltrated Debris
29. A layer - usually of concrete or mortar - for providing continuous support to such items as bricks - slabs - pipes.
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Mail Line
Cross Braces
Bedding
30. The precipitation that cannot be absorbed by the soil and flows across the surface by gravity. The water that reaches a stream by traveling over the soil surface or falls directly into the stream channels - including not only the large permanent stre
Manhole Bedding
Soil Displacement
Septic Tank
Surface Runoff
31. American Society for Testing and Materials
view
Balustrade
A S T M
Service Pipe
32. 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
Baluster
Gravity Flow
Main Sewer
33. A capped opening in a building lateral -usually located on the property line - through which the pipelines can be cleaned.
building (construction) permit
Lateral Cleanout
Splash Pad
Cistern
34. A water service shutoff valve located in a water service pipe near the curb and between the water main and the building. This valve is usually operated by a wrench or valve key and is used to start or stop flows in the water service line to a buildin
Baluster
Curb Stop
building codes
Storm Water Inlet
35. 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.
landscape
Supersaturated
Pump Station
Absorption Capacity
36. 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.
environmental impact
Clear Well
conservation plan
Catch Basin
37. The movement or dislocation of underground soil or structure. Earth shift is usually caused by external forces such as surface loads - slides - stresses or nearby construction - water movements or seismic forces.
Lateral Sewer
Earth Shift
Sewer
Rubble - Ordinary
38. 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.
Sanitary Sewer
Septic Tank
Adsorption
zoning
39. A groundwater table that has seasonal changes in depth or elevation.
Elevation
Rubble - Random
Seasonal Water Table
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
40. Harmonious use of the land for more than one purpose; not necessarily the combination of uses that will yield the highest economic return - e.g. - a mix of residential and commercial developments in the same area.
parkway
Acid Rain
multiple use
environmental impact
41. 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
B T U
Datum Line
softscape
Angle of Repose
42. A wastewater treatment process used to convert dissolved or suspended materials into a form more readily separated from the water being treated. Usually the process follows primary treatment by sedimentation. The process commonly is a type of biologi
Secondary Treatment
conservation plan
Balustrade
Surcharge
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.
Two-Way Cleanout
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Invert
City Beautiful Movement
44. The property of a material or soil that permits considerable movement of water through it when it is saturated.
Sewer
Permeability
ground water
Bedding
45. In zoning - a housing or commercial development composed of individual units that are regulated as a whole.
built environment
Wastewater Treatment Plant
planned unit development (PUD)
Activated Sludge Process
46. The height to which something is elevated - such as the height above sea level.
Imported Backfill
Elevation
Soil Pipe
conservation plan
47. 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
Septic Tank
zoning
CADD
Adsorption
48. Masonry composed of roughly shaped stones fitting approximately on level beds - well bonded and brought at vertical intervals to continuous level beds of courses.
Two-Way Cleanout
Rubble - Coursed
environmental inventory
manipulation of space
49. Post at which the railing terminates at each floor level.
Select Bedding
Lateral Break
Newel Post
Cross Braces
50. A structure made of concrete or other durable material to protect bare soil from erosion by splashing or falling water.
open space
Splash Pad
Lateral Break
Absorption Capacity