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Civil Engineering Vocab
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1. A small box-like structure that contains valves used to regulate flows.
design
Compaction
Baluster
Vault
2. 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
site plan
American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA)
master plan
3. 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
built environment
Imported Backfill
Collection Main
4. Material used in backfilling of an excavation - selected for desirable compaction or other characteristics.
zoning
landscape
Select Backfill
American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA)
5. 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.
planning
Interceptor
Earth Shift
International Federation of Landscape Architects (IFLA)
6. An arrangement of pipes - equipment - devices - tanks and structures for treating wastewater and industrial wastes. A water pollution control plant.
Outlet
Manifold
Catch Basin
Wastewater Treatment Plant
7. 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.
Manhole
natural resources
land use
Forest Service
8. The protection - improvement and use of natural resources according to principles that will assure the highest economic or social benefits for people and the environment now and in the future.
base plan
Secondary Treatment
planned unit development (PUD)
conservation
9. Soil that cannot absorb any more liquid. The interstices or void spaces in the soil are filled with water to the point at which runoff occurs.
Saturated Soil
Water Table
Manhole Vents
Storm Collection System
10. 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
Housing and Urban Development - Department of (HUD)
Absorption Capacity
Stratification
new town
11. The property of a material or soil that permits considerable movement of water through it when it is saturated.
Permeability
master plan
Collection System
Check Valve
12. A branch of biology dealing with the relationship between living things and their environment.
ecology
Stratification
Manhole Bedding
Rubble - Random
13. A break in a lateral pipe somewhere between the sewer main and the building connection.
softscape
reclamation
Newel Post
Lateral Break
14. A sewer designed to carry both sanitary wastewaters and storm or surface water runoff.
Combined Sewer
Balustrade
Liquefaction
Permeability
15. A device that admits surface waters to the storm water drainage system. Also see CURB INLET and CATCH BASIN.
Storm Water Inlet
Aeration
landscape architecture
Wastewater Collection System
16. 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.'
Groundwater
reclamation
landscape architecture
Storm Runoff
17. 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
Laundering Weir
conservation
Pump Station
Lift Station
18. 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.
Main Sewer
Collection System
Handhole Trap
Sewer
19. A professional who designs - plans - and manages outdoor spaces ranging from entire ecosystems to residential sites and whose media include natural and built elements; also referred to as a designer - planner - consultant. Not to be confused with lan
landscape architect
site plan
Clear Well
Chain of Custody
20. 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.
cost-benefit analysis
Storm Runoff
Storm Collection System
Liquefaction
21. 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.
Interconnector
Balustrade
scenic easement
Hydrostatic Pressure
22. 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
conservation
Newel Post
environmental inventory
23. The upper surface of the zone of saturation of groundwater in an unconfined aquifer.
design
greenbelt
Storm Runoff
Water Table
24. 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.
master plan
softscape
Estimated Flow
building codes
25. 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
Balustrade
open space
Wastewater
National Park Service (NPS)
26. The linear or a real dimension over which a higher component transmits load to a lower component
Bearing
Deadend Manhole
Trunk Sewer
A S T M
27. A multinational organization of landscape architects whose purpose is the promotion of landscape design and planning.
Wasteline Cleanout
Imported Backfill
Septic Tank
International Federation of Landscape Architects (IFLA)
28. Downstream opening or discharge end of a pipe - culvert - or canal.
A S T M
Outlet
scenic easement
Estimated Flow
29. 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
Wasteline Cleanout
Water Table
Day Tank
Selector
30. 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.
Acidic
cost-benefit analysis
Artesian
Splash Pad
31. 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.
manipulation of space
environmental impact
Weir
Equalizing Basin
32. A groundwater table that has seasonal changes in depth or elevation.
Hydrostatic Pressure
Bureau of Land Management (BLM)
Manhole
Seasonal Water Table
33. A structure made of concrete or other durable material to protect bare soil from erosion by splashing or falling water.
Earth Shift
zoning
Splash Pad
Laundering Weir
34. A separate pipe - conduit or open channel (sewer) that carries runoff from storms - surface drainage - and street wash - but does not include domestic and industrial wastes. Storm sewers are often the recipients of hazardous or toxic substances due t
environmental inventory
planned unit development (PUD)
Storm Sewer
building codes
35. 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.
Secondary Treatment
planned unit development (PUD)
building (construction) permit
Runoff
36. One or a series of oneinch diameter holes through a manhole lid for purposes of venting dangerous gases found in sewers.
Combined Sewer
Laundering Weir
Manhole Vents
grade
37. In zoning - a housing or commercial development composed of individual units that are regulated as a whole.
Compaction
planned unit development (PUD)
Groundwater
Manhole Vents
38. A manhole in which the rate of the water entering is greater than the capacity of the outlet under gravity flow conditions. When the water in the manhole rises above the top of the outlet pipe - the manhole is said to be 'surcharged.'
Surcharge Manhole
Impermeable
Deadend Manhole
Infiltrated Debris
39. An opening or point of access in a building wastewater pipe system for rodding or snake operation.
ground water
Liquefaction
Cistern
Wasteline Cleanout
40. A material - other than aggregate - cementitious material or water - added in small quantities to the mix in order to produce some (desired) modifications - either to the properties of the mix or of the hardened product.
CADD
Supersaturated
Mail Line
Admixture
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.
national park
Storm Runoff
Caisson
Rubble - Coursed
42. 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.
air rights
environmental impact
Mail Line
open space
43. A coordinating agency formed in 1961 for state boards that administer licensing exams and maintain records for landscape architects to practice.
planned unit development (PUD)
Council of Landscape Architecture Registration Boards (CLARB)
Wastewater Facilities
contour
44. 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
greenbelt
Sewage
conservation
45. 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.
Combined Sewer
Surcharge
Walers
Adsorption
46. Landscape architecture - (civil) engineering - urban planning and architecture. Agronomy is also often included in this group.
Wastewater Facilities
Axial Load
softscape
environmental design professions
47. Narrowly defined - an extended view or prospect from a site which - many times - is as important as or more important than the site itself.
Interconnector
Curb inlet
contour
view
48. 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.
Liquefaction
Artificial Groundwater Table
CADD
Equalizing Basin
49. American Society for Testing and Materials
Surcharge
Curb Stop
A S T M
Adsorption
50. The running off of water from a land surface or subsurface - such as through sewers or natural means.
Manifold
Sedimentation
drainage
Pump Station