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Civil Engineering Vocab
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1. Masonry composed of irregularly shaped stones laid without regularity of coursing - but well bonded.
Rubble - Ordinary
Terminal Manhole
Estimated Flow
Nonpotable
2. The taking in or soaking up of one substance into the body of another by molecular or chemical action (as tree roots absorb dissolved nutrients in the soil).
Sewer
Axial Load
Absorption
Bureau of Land Management (BLM)
3. 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.
Sewer Main
Caisson
CADD
Vault
4. Any designated use or activity on a piece of land.
greenbelt
Laundering Weir
land use
Storm Runoff
5. 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.
site plan
Sewer
Sanitary Sewer
open space
6. 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
Lateral Break
base plan
Oxidation Ditch
Wastewater Facilities
7. 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
Bureau of Land Management (BLM)
Wasteline Vent
Groundwater
Weir
8. 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.
multiple use
topography
Riprap
Infiltrated Debris
9. One or a series of oneinch diameter holes through a manhole lid for purposes of venting dangerous gases found in sewers.
Manhole
Manhole Vents
environmental impact
master plan
10. American Society for Testing and Materials
A S T M
Clear Well
Combined Wastewater
landscape architect
11. A coordinating agency formed in 1961 for state boards that administer licensing exams and maintain records for landscape architects to practice.
Backfill
conservation plan
Council of Landscape Architecture Registration Boards (CLARB)
Angle of Repose
12. Tamping or rolling of a material to achieve a surface or density that is able to support predicted loads.
Compaction
Walers
CADD
Acid Rain
13. A break in a lateral pipe somewhere between the sewer main and the building connection.
Lateral Break
Equalizing Basin
reclamation
master plan
14. A structure made of concrete or other durable material to protect bare soil from erosion by splashing or falling water.
Manhole Bedding
Splash Pad
Settlement
Permeability
15. The excess water running off from the surface of a drainage area during and immediately after a period of rain. See STORM RUNOFF.
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Nonpotable
Storm Water
designed landscape
16. The pipes - conduits - structures - equipment - and processes required to collect - convey - and treat domestic and industrial wastes - and dispose of the effluent and sludge.
Rubble - Ordinary
Splash Pad
base plan
Wastewater Facilities
17. A groundwater table that has seasonal changes in depth or elevation.
Liquefaction
Seasonal Water Table
master plan
Artesian
18. 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.
Overflow Manhole
Forest Service
Lateral Sewer
Rubble - Coursed
19. 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.
building codes
Interconnector
Manhole
Storm Runoff
20. 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.
Angle Post
environmental impact
Permeability
Settlement
21. Downward movement of the soil or of a structure which it supports
Settlement
Manhole Bedding
Lateral Cleanout
Storm Collection System
22. 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
easement
Riprap
building codes
23. 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.
Lift Station
Council of Landscape Architecture Registration Boards (CLARB)
Admixture
Wastewater Treatment Plant
24. A manhole located at the upstream end of a sewer and having no inlet pipe. Also called a TERMINAL MANHOLE.
scenic easement
Deadend Manhole
Secondary Treatment
Surcharge Manhole
25. 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
cost-benefit analysis
Curb Stop
Acidic
Two-Way Cleanout
26. A mixture of storm or surface runoff and other wastewater such as domestic or industrial wastewater.
planning
environmental design professions
Wastewater Treatment Plant
Combined Wastewater
27. 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.
CADD
Council of Landscape Architecture Registration Boards (CLARB)
contour
Combined System
28. A railing composed of balusters capped by a handrail.
Outlet
Balustrade
Sediment
Estimated Flow
29. That part of the precipitation falling on a drainage area which does not escape as surface stream flow during a given period. It is the difference between total precipitation and total runoff during the period - and represents evaporation - transpira
Nonpotable
Secondary Treatment
Retention
Rubble - Coursed
30. 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.
land use
Caisson
Overflow Manhole
Saturated Soil
31. A road laid through a garden or park-like landscape - usually with median and roadside plantings.
building (construction) permit
Curb inlet
Chain of Custody
parkway
32. 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.'
Settlement
Supersaturated
zoning
Groundwater
33. A legal means of protecting beautiful views and associated aesthetic quality along a site by restricting change in existing features without government approval.
national park
cost-benefit analysis
Sewer Main
scenic easement
34. A sewer designed to carry both sanitary wastewaters and storm or surface water runoff.
Main Sewer
Activated Sludge Process
Combined System
agronomy
35. The legal grant of right-of-use to an area of designated private property.
easement
American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA)
Grade
landscape
36. 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
design
Septic Tank
landscape architecture registration
Aquifer
37. A groundwater table that is changed by artificial means. Examples of activities that artificially raise the level of a groundwater table include agricultural irrigation - dams and excessive sewer line exfiltration. A groundwater table can be artifici
Artificial Groundwater Table
Combined Sewer
Surcharge Manhole
conservation plan
38. 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
conservation
Datum Line
environmental design professions
39. Water that does not contain objectionable pollution - contamination - minerals - or infective agents and is considered satisfactory for drinking.
Balustrade
Oxidation Ditch
Potable Water
drainage
40. Downstream opening or discharge end of a pipe - culvert - or canal.
Permeability
Outlet
Baluster
Storm Runoff
41. 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
topography
Surcharge Manhole
Baffle
building codes
42. 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.
zoning
Gravity Flow
Main Sewer
Compaction Test
43. 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.
manipulation of space
conservation plan
Trunk System
Septic Tank
44. A trained builder or installer of landscapes - retained to implement the plans of landscape architects.
landscape contractor
Caisson
Wastewater
Lateral Cleanout
45. A chamber or well used with storm or combined sewers as a means of removing grit which might otherwise enter and be deposited in sewers. Also see STORM WATER INLET and CURB INLET.
land use
Secondary Treatment
Catch Basin
Manhole Vents
46. A capped opening in a building lateral -usually located on the property line - through which the pipelines can be cleaned.
Axial Load
Estimated Flow
Equalizing Basin
Lateral Cleanout
47. The property of a material or soil that permits considerable movement of water through it when it is saturated.
landscape
Permeability
Lateral Break
Seasonal Water Table
48. The man-made creation of or alterations to a specific area - including its natural resources. This is in contrast to the 'natural environment.'
agronomy
Storm Water Inlet
Grease Trap
built environment
49. A large - public park - often highly scenic and isolated belonging to and operated by the federal government.
Permeability
Chain of Custody
Lateral Break
national park
50. 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.
Chain of Custody
Permeability
Stratification
Imported Backfill