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Civil Engineering Vocab
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1. 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.
Cistern
Wastewater Treatment Plant
Curb inlet
Deadend Manhole
2. A large - public park - often highly scenic and isolated belonging to and operated by the federal government.
Two-Way Cleanout
Acid Rain
national park
building (construction) permit
3. The condition of water or soil which contains a sufficient amount of acid substances to lower the pH below 7.0.
National Park Service (NPS)
Bearing
Acidic
Infiltrated Debris
4. An opening or point of access in a building wastewater pipe system for rodding or snake operation.
Wasteline Cleanout
Terminal Manhole
Clear Well
Impermeable
5. The movement of water through very small spaces due to molecular forces.
Compaction Test
Curb inlet
Capillary Action
Service Pipe
6. Post at which the railing terminates at each floor level.
Admixture
Newel Post
Aquifer
Roof Leader
7. Material used for backfilling a trench or excavation which was not the original material removed during excavation. This is a common practice where tests on the original material show it to have poor compactability or load capacity. Also called BORRO
Infiltrated Debris
Compaction Test
Imported Backfill
National Park Service (NPS)
8. A U.S. government agency charged with administering vast areas of public land.
landscape architect
Datum Line
environmental inventory
Bureau of Land Management (BLM)
9. 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.
Seasonal Water Table
Oxidation Ditch
Equalizing Basin
Supersaturated
10. A legal means of protecting beautiful views and associated aesthetic quality along a site by restricting change in existing features without government approval.
Wastewater Facilities
Surcharge Manhole
scenic easement
Check Valve
11. Load applied along or parallel to and concentric with the primary axis
manipulation of space
Adsorption
Axial Load
Easement
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
Nonpotable
national park
Selector
Retention
13. A system of major sewers serving as transporting lines and not as local or lateral sewers.
Bureau of Land Management (BLM)
Manhole
Combined Sewer
Trunk System
14. 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.'
Deadend Manhole
Wasteline Cleanout
Angle of Repose
Trunk System
15. Federal agency responsible for producing and managing many federally-funded public service programs - especially those affecting housing and public spaces.
Pump Station
Housing and Urban Development - Department of (HUD)
Main Sewer
greenbelt
16. Subsurface water in the saturation zone from which wells and springs are fed. In a strict sense the term applies only to water below the water table. Also called 'phreatic water' and 'plerotic water.'
Groundwater
Soil Displacement
Storm Water
new town
17. 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.
Secondary Treatment
Balustrade
Hydrostatic Pressure
easement
18. Material used to fill in a trench or excavation
Cross Braces
Storm Sewer
Backfill
Potable Water
19. 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
Shear Wall
Earth Shift
Pump Station
Rubble - Random
20. The change to an area's natural resources - including animal and plant life - resulting from use by man. Some projects may require conducting of an 'environmental impact study' before development can proceed.
environmental impact
Soil Displacement
Terminal Manhole
City Beautiful Movement
21. 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.
Splash Pad
ecology
Two-Way Cleanout
Storm Water
22. 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
Lift Station
open space
Storm Collection System
Backfill
23. The running off of water from a land surface or subsurface - such as through sewers or natural means.
drainage
Seasonal Water Table
Interceptor
conservation
24. A trained builder or installer of landscapes - retained to implement the plans of landscape architects.
land use
Storm Sewer
new town
landscape contractor
25. That part of rain or other precipitation that runs off the surface of a drainage area and does not enter the soil or the sewer system as inflow.
Runoff
Storm Collection System
Rubble - Random
Lift Station
26. Branch or lateral sewers that collect wastewater from building sewers and service lines.
Mail Line
Adhesion
Absorption
Chain of Custody
27. 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.
Wastewater
Combined System
Soil Pipe
Selector
28. Shoring members placed across a trench to hold other horizontal and vertical shoring members in place.
Invert
Cross Braces
Seasonal Water Table
Oxidation Ditch
29. A small tank (usually covered) or a storage facility used to store water for a home or farm. Often used to store rainwater.
Cistern
Lateral Cleanout
Lateral Break
landscape architecture
30. 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.
grade
Seasonal Water Table
air rights
multiple use
31. 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.
environmental inventory
Artesian
Aeration
building (construction) permit
32. Railing support at landings or other breaks in the stairs. If an angle post projects beyond the bottom of the strings - the ornamental detail formed at the bottom of the post is called the drop.
Wastewater Collection System
Soil Pipe
Storm Collection System
Angle Post
33. Most plumbing codes require a vent pipe connection of adequate size and located downstream of a trap in a building wastewater system. This vent prevents the accumulation of gases or odors and is usually piped through the roof and out of doors.
Manhole Vents
Terminal Manhole
Storm Water Inlet
Wasteline Vent
34. Downstream opening or discharge end of a pipe - culvert - or canal.
Clear Well
Outlet
softscape
environmental impact
35. 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
design
Water Table
Trunk System
Collection System
36. 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
Surcharge
Catch Basin
Supersaturated
Equalizing Basin
37. 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
Baffle
Wastewater Collection System
Cistern
Grease Trap
38. A capped opening in a building lateral -usually located on the property line - through which the pipelines can be cleaned.
Lateral Cleanout
Check Valve
Lift Station
American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA)
39. A road laid through a garden or park-like landscape - usually with median and roadside plantings.
parkway
Lateral Sewer
Storm Runoff
Chain of Custody
40. The creative illustration - planning and specification of space for the greatest possible amount of harmony - utility - value and beauty.
Runoff
design
Balustrade
zoning
41. A structure or chamber which is usually sunk or lowered by digging from the inside. Used to gain access to the bottom of a stream or other body of water.
Grade
Sanitary Sewer
Caisson
Acidic
42. Precipitation which has been rendered (made) acidic by airborne pollutants.
Lateral Sewer
Rubble - Random
Acid Rain
Vault
43. Broken stones - boulders - or other materials placed compactly or irregularly on levees or dikes for the protection of earth surfaces against the erosive action of waves.
Riprap
Manhole Bedding
Acidic
Oxidation Ditch
44. 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.
Hydrostatic Pressure
Admixture
master plan
conservation plan
45. Narrowly defined - an extended view or prospect from a site which - many times - is as important as or more important than the site itself.
Housing and Urban Development - Department of (HUD)
view
Storm Runoff
Selector
46. Sedimentation basin overflow weir. A plate with Vnotches along the top to ensure a uniform flow rate and avoid shortcircuiting.
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
scenic easement
Laundering Weir
Housing and Urban Development - Department of (HUD)
47. The linear or a real dimension over which a higher component transmits load to a lower component
Selector
Bearing
Interceptor
Two-Way Cleanout
48. Any method of determining the weight a compacted material is able to support without damage or displacement. Usually stated in pounds per square foot.
contour
Compaction Test
Subsidence
Storm Sewer
49. 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.
multiple use
Sanitary Sewer
planning
new town
50. The pipes - conduits - structures - equipment - and processes required to collect - convey - and treat domestic and industrial wastes - and dispose of the effluent and sludge.
Wastewater Facilities
Easement
Grease Trap
Baffle