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Civil Engineering Vocab
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1. 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.
view
Handhole Trap
reclamation
Runoff
2. British thermal units; the quantity of thermal energy required to raise one pound of water at its maximum density - 1 degree F. One BTU is equivalent to .293 watt hours - or 252 calories. One kilowatt hour is equivalent to 3412 BTU Back Pressure (wat
B T U
Forest Service
Weir
Lateral Cleanout
3. 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
Permeability
Storm Sewer
Bureau of Land Management (BLM)
Outlet
4. The angle between a horizontal line andthe slope or surface of unsupported material such as gravel - sand -or loose soil. Also called the 'natural slope.'
landscape architecture registration
Angle of Repose
manipulation of space
Lateral Sewer
5. The excess water running off from the surface of a drainage area during and immediately after a period of rain. See STORM RUNOFF.
Admixture
Elevation
Storm Water
drainage
6. 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
Potable Water
Select Bedding
Combined Wastewater
7. A manhole which fills and allows raw wastewater to flow out onto the street or ground.
Axial Load
Overflow Manhole
Secondary Treatment
landscape architecture
8. A legal means of protecting beautiful views and associated aesthetic quality along a site by restricting change in existing features without government approval.
Subsidence
Lateral Cleanout
Surcharge
scenic easement
9. 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.
Pump Station
Rubble - Coursed
Grease Trap
environmental impact
10. Downward movement of the soil or of a structure which it supports
Settlement
A S T M
Wasteline Vent
Surcharge
11. An agency of the U.S. Department of the Interior charged with the planning and administration of all parks and monuments in the federal park system. The NPS is often referred to as the largest single employer of landscape architects in the United Sta
Soil Displacement
Surface Runoff
topography
National Park Service (NPS)
12. The legal grant of right-of-use to an area of designated private property.
environmental impact
natural resources
Roof Leader
easement
13. A dimensioned drawing indicating the form of an existing area and the physical objects existing in it and those to be built or installed upon it.
Capillary Action
Oxidation Ditch
site plan
Axial Load
14. 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.
Laundering Weir
Grease Trap
Check Valve
Baluster
15. An opening in pipes or sewers designed for rodding or working a snake into the pipe in either direction. Twoway cleanouts are most often found in building lateral pipes at or near a property line.
Manifold
Overflow Manhole
Two-Way Cleanout
Manhole Vents
16. A device that admits surface waters to the storm water drainage system. Also see CURB INLET and CATCH BASIN.
site plan
grade
Storm Water Inlet
Deadend Manhole
17. The movement or dislocation of underground soil or structure. Earth shift is usually caused by external forces such as surface loads - slides - stresses or nearby construction - water movements or seismic forces.
Two-Way Cleanout
Storm Water
Overflow Manhole
Earth Shift
18. An opening or point of access in a building wastewater pipe system for rodding or snake operation.
Terminal Manhole
Compaction Test
Wasteline Cleanout
Select Backfill
19. Any designated use or activity on a piece of land.
Absorption
land use
Shear Wall
Adhesion
20. 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
Clear Well
Lift Station
Combined Sewer
Impermeable
21. 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
Mail Line
site plan
Housing and Urban Development - Department of (HUD)
22. The conversion of large solid particles of sludge into very fine particles which either dissolve or remain suspended in wastewater.
Liquefaction
natural resources
drainage
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
23. 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
Weir
cost-benefit analysis
Overflow Manhole
24. Regulations specifying the type of construction methods and materials that are allowable on a project.
building codes
Soil Displacement
Compaction
Bearing Wall
25. A sewer designed to carry both sanitary wastewaters and storm or surface water runoff.
Terminal Manhole
contour
Combined System
Main Sewer
26. The creative illustration - planning and specification of space for the greatest possible amount of harmony - utility - value and beauty.
design
drainage
Acid Rain
Aquifer
27. The man-made creation of or alterations to a specific area - including its natural resources. This is in contrast to the 'natural environment.'
built environment
Admixture
Balustrade
Forest Service
28. 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.
Sediment
designed landscape
Compaction Test
Sanitary Sewer
29. 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
contour
Imported Backfill
Acid Rain
Impermeable
30. A small box-like structure that contains valves used to regulate flows.
Retention
Laundering Weir
Vault
Manhole Bedding
31. 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
softscape
Housing and Urban Development - Department of (HUD)
Vault
32. Vertical member supporting the railing.
Acid Rain
new town
cost-benefit analysis
Baluster
33. A manhole located at the upstream end of a sewer and having no inlet pipe. Also called a TERMINAL MANHOLE.
conservation plan
Two-Way Cleanout
Vault
Deadend Manhole
34. The natural elements with which landscape architects work - such as plant materials and the soil itself.
softscape
national park
base plan
Retention
35. Shoring members placed across a trench to hold other horizontal and vertical shoring members in place.
Cross Braces
Groundwater
Riprap
Sanitary Sewer
36. 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).
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
easement
Absorption
American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA)
37. 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
Absorption Capacity
Baffle
Bearing
Bureau of Land Management (BLM)
38. A multinational organization of landscape architects whose purpose is the promotion of landscape design and planning.
Lift Station
International Federation of Landscape Architects (IFLA)
topography
manipulation of space
39. A reservoir for the storage of filtered water of sufficient capacity to prevent the need to vary the filtration rate with variations in demand. Also used to provide chlorine contact time for disinfection.
Groundwater
Clear Well
Septic Tank
Surface Runoff
40. Material used in backfilling of an excavation - selected for desirable compaction or other characteristics.
Estimated Flow
Aeration
Select Backfill
landscape contractor
41. 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.
Equalizing Basin
Oxidation Ditch
Walers
Adhesion
42. The force that resists the separation of two bodies in contact.
Adhesion
manipulation of space
Select Backfill
Selector
43. 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.
softscape
Interconnector
easement
Sewer Main
44. Solid material settled from suspension in a liquid.
Angle Post
Sediment
Overflow Manhole
scenic easement
45. The lowest point of the channel inside a pipe - conduit - or canal.
Invert
multiple use
grade
CADD
46. A sewer that receives wastewater from many tributary branches or sewers and serves a large territory and contributing population.
manipulation of space
Baffle
Admixture
Trunk Sewer
47. A wall that resist horizontal forces applied in the plane of the wall.
Wastewater Collection System
Shear Wall
A S T M
Outlet
48. The condition of water or soil which contains a sufficient amount of acid substances to lower the pH below 7.0.
planned unit development (PUD)
Acidic
multiple use
drainage
49. Material used to fill in a trench or excavation
National Park Service (NPS)
Pump Station
Wastewater Treatment Plant
Backfill
50. A tank used to store a chemical solution of known concentration for feed to a chemical feeder. A day tank usually stores sufficient chemical solution to properly treat the water being treated for at least one day. Also called an AGE TANK.
Absorption
Sanitary Sewer
natural resources
Day Tank