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1. A structure made of concrete or other durable material to protect bare soil from erosion by splashing or falling water.
Overflow Manhole
Sediment
Splash Pad
Invert
2. 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.
Interceptor
Wastewater
Aeration
contour
3. A branch of biology dealing with the relationship between living things and their environment.
new town
Chain of Custody
ecology
landscape contractor
4. 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.
Storm Water Inlet
Council of Landscape Architecture Registration Boards (CLARB)
Select Bedding
grade
5. 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.
Soil Displacement
zoning
Select Bedding
building (construction) permit
6. A natural underground layer of porous - waterbearing materials (sand - gravel) usually capable of yielding a large amount or supply of water.
Selector
Select Bedding
Rubble - Random
Aquifer
7. A large - public park - often highly scenic and isolated belonging to and operated by the federal government.
national park
agronomy
grade
Curb inlet
8. 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.
Infiltrated Debris
drainage
land trust
cost-benefit analysis
9. A road laid through a garden or park-like landscape - usually with median and roadside plantings.
Bureau of Land Management (BLM)
parkway
Pump Station
Capillary Action
10. The prepared and compacted base on which a manhole is constructed.
Manhole Bedding
Absorption
Surface Runoff
new town
11. 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.
Runoff
grade
agronomy
Equalizing Basin
12. The lay of the land - particularly its slope and drainage patterns; the science of drawing maps and charts or otherwise representing the surface features of a region or site - including its natural and man-made features.
topography
Wastewater Treatment Plant
drainage
Sewer Main
13. 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
Surcharge Manhole
Wasteline Cleanout
Acidic
landscape architecture
14. 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.'
historic preservation
Groundwater
Collection Main
Selector
15. 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.
Wasteline Vent
land trust
Adhesion
Collection System
16. 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.
Select Bedding
Rubble - Coursed
natural resources
Secondary Treatment
17. 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
Selector
Roof Leader
Day Tank
scenic easement
18. 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.
Impermeable
planning
Adhesion
Sedimentation
19. 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.
Liquefaction
planned unit development (PUD)
Water Table
Estimated Flow
20. The oxidation ditch is a modified form of the activated sludge process. The ditch consists of two channels placed side by side and connected at the ends to produce one continuous loop of wastewater flow and a brush rotator assembly placed across the
Oxidation Ditch
drainage
Aquifer
Lateral Cleanout
21. 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.
American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA)
Interceptor
Infiltrated Debris
greenbelt
22. A record of each person involved in the handling and possession of a sample from the person who collected the sample to the person who analyzed the sample in the laboratory and to the person who witnessed disposal of the sample.
agronomy
site plan
Easement
Chain of Custody
23. 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
Wastewater Collection System
Chain of Custody
Combined Wastewater
24. 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
new town
landscape architecture registration
building codes
Storm Runoff
25. 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
Bureau of Land Management (BLM)
Imported Backfill
Bearing Wall
Wasteline Cleanout
26. The condition of water or soil which contains a sufficient amount of acid substances to lower the pH below 7.0.
Runoff
designed landscape
Acidic
Permeability
27. 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.
Backfill
Angle Post
planning
Manhole Bedding
28. A water treatment process in which solid particles settle out of the water being treated in a large clarifier or sedimentation basin.
Main Sewer
Vault
Sedimentation
land use
29. 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
Newel Post
Lateral Cleanout
Laundering Weir
30. A small tank (usually covered) or a storage facility used to store water for a home or farm. Often used to store rainwater.
Selector
scenic easement
Backfill
Cistern
31. A professional society that represents landscape architects in the United States and Canada and seeks to better the practice and understanding of landscape architecture through education - research - state registration and other programs.
American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA)
Clear Well
A S T M
Caisson
32. Downstream opening or discharge end of a pipe - culvert - or canal.
Wasteline Vent
Outlet
Soil Pipe
Clear Well
33. Regulations specifying the type of construction methods and materials that are allowable on a project.
Permeability
parkway
Sedimentation
building codes
34. Movement of soil from one place to another. Generally accompanies SILTING of a sewer system. Where infiltration is taking place and silt is carried into a sewer system - such silt or soil is removed from the ground around the sewer pipe and the resul
Soil Displacement
International Federation of Landscape Architects (IFLA)
Curb inlet
designed landscape
35. 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
Storm Water Inlet
Curb inlet
Groundwater
36. A multinational organization of landscape architects whose purpose is the promotion of landscape design and planning.
Surcharge Manhole
Interconnector
Rubble - Random
International Federation of Landscape Architects (IFLA)
37. The force that resists the separation of two bodies in contact.
Adhesion
Axial Load
Rubble - Ordinary
Riprap
38. A small box-like structure that contains valves used to regulate flows.
landscape
Seasonal Water Table
Vault
natural resources
39. 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
Potable Water
Curb Stop
Permeability
conservation
40. A wall that resist horizontal forces applied in the plane of the wall.
easement
Sewage
Shear Wall
zoning
41. 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.
Curb inlet
Artificial Groundwater Table
Permeability
Splash Pad
42. 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.
Caisson
building codes
Walers
Vault
43. A railing composed of balusters capped by a handrail.
ecology
national park
Terminal Manhole
Balustrade
44. Tamping or rolling of a material to achieve a surface or density that is able to support predicted loads.
hardscape
Compaction
Bedding
Surface Runoff
45. 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.
conservation plan
land use
Manhole Vents
ecology
46. A downspout or pipe installed to drain a roof gutter to a storm drain or other means of disposal.
Bedding
Roof Leader
Council of Landscape Architecture Registration Boards (CLARB)
Terminal Manhole
47. Vertical member supporting the railing.
Subsidence
Adhesion
Baluster
Secondary Treatment
48. Any designated use or activity on a piece of land.
Aquifer
land use
new town
Check Valve
49. The lowest point of the channel inside a pipe - conduit - or canal.
view
Invert
ground water
Combined System
50. 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
Septic Tank
Secondary Treatment
zoning
Pump Station
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