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Civil Engineering Vocab
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1. Water that does not contain objectionable pollution - contamination - minerals - or infective agents and is considered satisfactory for drinking.
agronomy
landscape
Equalizing Basin
Potable Water
2. 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
Sewer Main
Grease Trap
ecology
Wastewater Facilities
3. A natural underground layer of porous - waterbearing materials (sand - gravel) usually capable of yielding a large amount or supply of water.
B T U
Storm Runoff
Aquifer
Wastewater Treatment Plant
4. Load applied along or parallel to and concentric with the primary axis
Axial Load
Secondary Treatment
air rights
national park
5. A break in a lateral pipe somewhere between the sewer main and the building connection.
easement
Datum Line
Lateral Break
Vault
6. A water treatment process in which solid particles settle out of the water being treated in a large clarifier or sedimentation basin.
Sedimentation
planned unit development (PUD)
Wastewater Treatment Plant
Walers
7. 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.
Forest Service
Grease Trap
reclamation
Hydrostatic Pressure
8. Sand - silt - gravel and rocks carried or washed into a collection system by infiltration water flows.
Soil Pipe
Vault
Infiltrated Debris
Sedimentation Basin
9. A sewer that receives wastewater from many tributary branches or sewers and serves a large territory and contributing population.
Trunk Sewer
conservation plan
natural resources
Angle Post
10. Water or wastewater flowing from a higher elevation to a lower elevation due to the force of gravity. The water does not flow due to energy provided by a pump. Wherever possible - wastewater collection systems are designed to use the force of gravity
land trust
CADD
Gravity Flow
Compaction Test
11. 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.
master plan
land trust
new town
Baluster
12. Sedimentation basin overflow weir. A plate with Vnotches along the top to ensure a uniform flow rate and avoid shortcircuiting.
multiple use
Curb inlet
Laundering Weir
Rubble - Random
13. 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
Axial Load
Aeration
Select Bedding
14. The movement of water through very small spaces due to molecular forces.
Capillary Action
Main Sewer
Lateral Sewer
Storm Sewer
15. A wall that supports any vertical load in addition to its own weight.
Riprap
Bearing Wall
Weir
Adsorption
16. A capped opening in a building lateral -usually located on the property line - through which the pipelines can be cleaned.
Weir
Lateral Cleanout
Collection System
Backfill
17. The natural elements with which landscape architects work - such as plant materials and the soil itself.
softscape
Storm Sewer
Hydrostatic Pressure
scenic easement
18. Tamping or rolling of a material to achieve a surface or density that is able to support predicted loads.
Supersaturated
Compaction
designed landscape
environmental inventory
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.
Subsidence
Interconnector
Compaction
Outlet
20. 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
Forest Service
Cistern
Sewage
21. Opening in a sewer provided for the purpose of permitting operators or equipment to enter or leave a sewer. Sometimes called an 'access hole' or a 'maintenance hole.'
Manhole
Overflow Manhole
planning
Trunk System
22. 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
Selector
CADD
Manifold
Secondary Treatment
23. 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
Absorption Capacity
Acid Rain
Sedimentation Basin
Grade
24. 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.
open space
zoning
Stratification
contour
25. An opening or point of access in a building wastewater pipe system for rodding or snake operation.
Wasteline Cleanout
Manhole Bedding
Runoff
A S T M
26. A large pipe to which a series of smaller pipes are connected. Also called a HEADER.
Permeability
Equalizing Basin
Manifold
Aquifer
27. 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
Storm Water
national park
Septic Tank
Manhole
28. The upper surface of the zone of saturation of groundwater in an unconfined aquifer.
Aeration
Activated Sludge Process
Water Table
Wastewater
29. A road laid through a garden or park-like landscape - usually with median and roadside plantings.
Capillary Action
parkway
design
Impermeable
30. A strip of unspoiled - often treed - agricultural or other outlying land used to separate or ring urban areas.
agronomy
Manhole Bedding
greenbelt
conservation plan
31. The property of a material or soil that permits considerable movement of water through it when it is saturated.
Rubble - Ordinary
Permeability
National Park Service (NPS)
Storm Runoff
32. A system of major sewers serving as transporting lines and not as local or lateral sewers.
Trunk System
building (construction) permit
Balustrade
CADD
33. 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
Wastewater
Wasteline Cleanout
Main Sewer
landscape
34. The force that resists the separation of two bodies in contact.
Adhesion
design
topography
Bureau of Land Management (BLM)
35. 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
Outlet
planned unit development (PUD)
Angle of Repose
Retention
36. 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
Elevation
Weir
natural resources
Vault
37. An arrangement of pipes - equipment - devices - tanks and structures for treating wastewater and industrial wastes. A water pollution control plant.
Wastewater Treatment Plant
Overflow Manhole
Wasteline Vent
Manhole Bedding
38. A special valve with a hinged disc or flap that opens in the direction of normal flow and is forced shut when flows attempt to go in the reverse or opposite direction of normal flows.
Check Valve
Acidic
American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA)
zoning
39. 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.
landscape
Acidic
design
Combined Wastewater
40. 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.
Newel Post
landscape
master plan
cost-benefit analysis
41. 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.
Terminal Manhole
Impermeable
topography
Manifold
42. 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.
Caisson
Rubble - Random
Collection Main
greenbelt
43. A manhole located at the upstream end of a sewer and having no inlet pipe. Also called a TERMINAL MANHOLE.
Axial Load
Deadend Manhole
Seasonal Water Table
Interceptor
44. Precipitation which has been rendered (made) acidic by airborne pollutants.
Sedimentation Basin
Interceptor
Acid Rain
Liquefaction
45. In zoning - a housing or commercial development composed of individual units that are regulated as a whole.
Storm Water
Sewage
planned unit development (PUD)
Mail Line
46. The prepared and compacted base on which a manhole is constructed.
Manhole Bedding
Bureau of Land Management (BLM)
Check Valve
Acid Rain
47. Masonry composed of roughly shaped stones - well bonded and brought at irregular intervals vertically to discontinuous but approximately level beds or courses.
hardscape
planned unit development (PUD)
Rubble - Random
Select Bedding
48. A multinational organization of landscape architects whose purpose is the promotion of landscape design and planning.
agronomy
International Federation of Landscape Architects (IFLA)
Cross Braces
Wastewater Collection System
49. Pertaining to groundwater - a well - or underground basin where the water is under a pressure greater than atmospheric and will rise above the level of its upper confining surface if given an opportunity to do so.
land use
Baffle
view
Artesian
50. The linear or a real dimension over which a higher component transmits load to a lower component
multiple use
Bearing
base plan
manipulation of space