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Civil Engineering Vocab
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1. Tamping or rolling of a material to achieve a surface or density that is able to support predicted loads.
Curb Stop
Compaction
Sanitary Sewer
drainage
2. Water that does not contain objectionable pollution - contamination - minerals - or infective agents and is considered satisfactory for drinking.
Weir
Potable Water
Artesian
Interconnector
3. Narrowly defined - an extended view or prospect from a site which - many times - is as important as or more important than the site itself.
Backfill
Hydrostatic Pressure
agronomy
view
4. 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.
environmental design professions
Forest Service
Sewer
ground water
5. A U.S. government agency charged with administering vast areas of public land.
planning
Subsidence
Bureau of Land Management (BLM)
Outlet
6. The science and management of land - especially rural - agricultural land.
new town
agronomy
natural resources
Surcharge
7. 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
Interceptor
Wasteline Cleanout
Backfill
8. Material used to fill in a trench or excavation
Backfill
Newel Post
Bedding
Rubble - Random
9. 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
Two-Way Cleanout
City Beautiful Movement
landscape architect
Trunk Sewer
10. Elements added to a natural landscape - such as paving stones - gravel - walkways - irrigation systems - roads - retaining walls - sculpture - street amenities - fountains - and other mechanical features.
hardscape
planned unit development (PUD)
Pump Station
Earth Shift
11. 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
Easement
Pump Station
Weir
Absorption Capacity
12. An unstable condition of a solution (water) in which the solution contains a substance at a concentration greater than the saturation concentration for the substance.
Supersaturated
Shear Wall
Lateral Break
Nonpotable
13. One or a series of oneinch diameter holes through a manhole lid for purposes of venting dangerous gases found in sewers.
Sedimentation
Sewage
natural resources
Manhole Vents
14. 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
Secondary Treatment
Invert
drainage
Cross Braces
15. 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.
Terminal Manhole
zoning
Curb Stop
conservation plan
16. 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.
Subsidence
Sedimentation
Select Backfill
zoning
17. In the United States - a certification of individuals entitled to use the term 'landscape architect' or to practice landscape architecture or both - by means of examination and required degree and experience criteria.
Caisson
Trunk System
landscape architecture registration
ecology
18. 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
Runoff
Grease Trap
Wastewater Treatment Plant
manipulation of space
19. The man-made creation of or alterations to a specific area - including its natural resources. This is in contrast to the 'natural environment.'
new town
Walers
Invert
built environment
20. A water treatment process in which solid particles settle out of the water being treated in a large clarifier or sedimentation basin.
view
Sedimentation
contour
Easement
21. The lowest point of the channel inside a pipe - conduit - or canal.
Sewage
Soil Displacement
air rights
Invert
22. A manhole located at the upstream end of a sewer and having no inlet pipe. Also called a DEADEND MANHOLE.
Terminal Manhole
Axial Load
design
Lift Station
23. Vertical member supporting the railing.
Runoff
Deadend Manhole
Combined Wastewater
Baluster
24. The gathering of a gas - liquid - or dissolved substance on the surface or interface zone of another material. Advanced Waste Treatment (water) n Any process of water renovation that upgrades treated wastewater to meet specific reuse requirements. Ma
Adsorption
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Curb inlet
topography
25. 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.
Oxidation Ditch
topography
Settlement
Surcharge
26. A layer - usually of concrete or mortar - for providing continuous support to such items as bricks - slabs - pipes.
Bedding
Surcharge
Sewer Main
Potable Water
27. An authorization issued by a government agency allowing construction of a project according to approved plans and specifications.
building (construction) permit
topography
Grade
Activated Sludge Process
28. 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.
Manhole Vents
grade
Cistern
Clear Well
29. The used household water and watercarried solids that flow in sewers to a wastewater treatment plant. The preferred term is WASTEWATER.
Combined Wastewater
Housing and Urban Development - Department of (HUD)
Sewage
new town
30. Sand - silt - gravel and rocks carried or washed into a collection system by infiltration water flows.
Selector
site plan
Infiltrated Debris
air rights
31. A break in a lateral pipe somewhere between the sewer main and the building connection.
Soil Pipe
Lateral Break
Surface Runoff
Nonpotable
32. The condition of water or soil which contains a sufficient amount of acid substances to lower the pH below 7.0.
Acidic
air rights
landscape contractor
Subsidence
33. A railing composed of balusters capped by a handrail.
Lateral Sewer
Clear Well
Bureau of Land Management (BLM)
Balustrade
34. 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
Backfill
Imported Backfill
Groundwater
Permeability
35. The property of a material or soil that permits considerable movement of water through it when it is saturated.
Outlet
Permeability
Chain of Custody
Rubble - Random
36. 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.
Check Valve
Soil Pipe
Walers
design
37. A mixture of storm or surface runoff and other wastewater such as domestic or industrial wastewater.
building (construction) permit
Liquefaction
Grade
Combined Wastewater
38. Precipitation which has been rendered (made) acidic by airborne pollutants.
Adsorption
Acid Rain
parkway
Subsidence
39. A site that might appear to be natural but has elements and features that were planned and specified by a landscape architect. Designed landscapes include Central Park in New York to the siting of buildings.
Compaction Test
zoning
Wasteline Cleanout
designed landscape
40. The running off of water from a land surface or subsurface - such as through sewers or natural means.
drainage
Lift Station
master plan
Trunk System
41. Regulations specifying the type of construction methods and materials that are allowable on a project.
Combined Wastewater
Subsidence
Storm Water
building codes
42. 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
base plan
Service Pipe
conservation plan
43. An opening or point of access in a building wastewater pipe system for rodding or snake operation.
master plan
Wasteline Cleanout
planned unit development (PUD)
Pump Station
44. A biological wastewater treatment process which speeds up the decomposition of wastes in the wastewater being treated. Activated sludge is added to wastewater and the mixture (mixed liquor) is aerated and agitated. After some time in the aeration tan
City Beautiful Movement
Activated Sludge Process
Sediment
Baffle
45. 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.
Combined Wastewater
reclamation
Storm Collection System
Elevation
46. 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.
Datum Line
Elevation
Manifold
Equalizing Basin
47. A structure made of concrete or other durable material to protect bare soil from erosion by splashing or falling water.
Catch Basin
Baffle
Splash Pad
conservation
48. 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.
landscape
Soil Pipe
manipulation of space
Main Sewer
49. Downstream opening or discharge end of a pipe - culvert - or canal.
Outlet
building (construction) permit
Wastewater Collection System
Service Pipe
50. A popular social concern of the late nineteenth and early 20th centuries aimed at improving the appearance of urban areas through better planning and the addition of formal - romanticized public spaces and gardens.
City Beautiful Movement
Seasonal Water Table
Lateral Sewer
Cross Braces
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