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Civil Engineering Vocab
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1. 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.
Trunk System
building (construction) permit
natural resources
Catch Basin
2. 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
Imported Backfill
Lateral Cleanout
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Select Bedding
3. The condition of water or soil which contains a sufficient amount of acid substances to lower the pH below 7.0.
Acidic
International Federation of Landscape Architects (IFLA)
ecology
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
4. Federal agency responsible for producing and managing many federally-funded public service programs - especially those affecting housing and public spaces.
Storm Sewer
Housing and Urban Development - Department of (HUD)
Backfill
Soil Displacement
5. 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.
drainage
topography
Artesian
Saturated Soil
6. 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.
Lateral Cleanout
landscape architecture registration
landscape
Handhole Trap
7. In landscape architecture - the organization of areas of land for specific aesthetic or functional purposes. This can range from creating small backyard patios to huge urban plazas.
manipulation of space
Roof Leader
Equalizing Basin
National Park Service (NPS)
8. An arrangement of pipes - equipment - devices - tanks and structures for treating wastewater and industrial wastes. A water pollution control plant.
view
Surcharge
Wastewater Treatment Plant
Gravity Flow
9. A collection pipe to which building laterals are connected.
Catch Basin
Deadend Manhole
agronomy
Collection Main
10. 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.
greenbelt
site plan
Interconnector
Oxidation Ditch
11. 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.'
Main Sewer
Rubble - Ordinary
Liquefaction
Surcharge Manhole
12. 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
Absorption
Grease Trap
National Park Service (NPS)
Interconnector
13. Downward movement of the soil or of a structure which it supports
Settlement
Retention
Baffle
Groundwater
14. A legal means of protecting beautiful views and associated aesthetic quality along a site by restricting change in existing features without government approval.
contour
scenic easement
building (construction) permit
designed landscape
15. A type of easement granting permission to a constructor or developer to build over a street or structure.
Wastewater Treatment Plant
Nonpotable
Storm Water Inlet
air rights
16. In landscape architecture - an essential sheet showing site boundaries and significant site features - used as a basis for subsequent plan development.
national park
base plan
Bedding
Earth Shift
17. 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.
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
International Federation of Landscape Architects (IFLA)
Estimated Flow
Riprap
18. Not easily penetrated. The property of a material or soil that does not allow - or allows only with great difficulty - the movement or passage of water.
Secondary Treatment
Sanitary Sewer
Impermeable
building (construction) permit
19. 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.
Day Tank
scenic easement
Soil Pipe
topography
20. A railing composed of balusters capped by a handrail.
Chain of Custody
Permeability
Balustrade
Subsidence
21. 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
American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA)
Soil Displacement
Wastewater Facilities
Interconnector
22. 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.
Angle of Repose
hardscape
Surcharge
base plan
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
National Park Service (NPS)
American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA)
Grease Trap
24. 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
Oxidation Ditch
Sewer
hardscape
25. 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.
Walers
scenic easement
site plan
Equalizing Basin
26. The creative illustration - planning and specification of space for the greatest possible amount of harmony - utility - value and beauty.
design
Terminal Manhole
Angle of Repose
softscape
27. 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.
Forest Service
Chain of Custody
ground water
Combined System
28. 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.
Hydrostatic Pressure
Pump Station
Interceptor
environmental design professions
29. 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
Sewer
land trust
Capillary Action
30. 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
Elevation
Artificial Groundwater Table
site plan
National Park Service (NPS)
31. 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
Wastewater Treatment Plant
Saturated Soil
Activated Sludge Process
Earth Shift
32. A sewer pipe to which building laterals are connected. Also called a COLLECTION MAIN.
Invert
Bearing Wall
Surcharge Manhole
Sewer Main
33. 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.
Hydrostatic Pressure
Backfill
Sewer
Splash Pad
34. Post at which the railing terminates at each floor level.
Newel Post
Sedimentation Basin
Mail Line
historic preservation
35. A multinational organization of landscape architects whose purpose is the promotion of landscape design and planning.
Water Table
American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA)
Baluster
International Federation of Landscape Architects (IFLA)
36. 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.
Rubble - Random
Bearing Wall
Wasteline Vent
Compaction
37. 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.'
Groundwater
Interconnector
environmental inventory
landscape architecture
38. The process of adding air to water. Air can be added to water by either passing air through water or passing water through air. In wastewater treatment - air is added to freshen wastewater and to keep solids in suspension. With mixtures of wastewater
Sediment
Aeration
Vault
Septic Tank
39. A sewer designed to carry both sanitary wastewaters and storm or surface water runoff.
natural resources
Angle of Repose
Combined System
Selector
40. Sedimentation basin overflow weir. A plate with Vnotches along the top to ensure a uniform flow rate and avoid shortcircuiting.
International Federation of Landscape Architects (IFLA)
Terminal Manhole
Laundering Weir
Storm Sewer
41. Legal right to use the property of others for a specific purpose. For example - a utility company may have a fivefoot easement along the property line of a home. This gives the utility the legal right to install and maintain a sewer line within the e
Cistern
Easement
Backfill
Service Pipe
42. 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.
Surface Runoff
open space
City Beautiful Movement
topography
43. Sewers are surcharged when the supply of water to be carried is greater than the capacity of the pipes to carry the flow. The surface of the wastewater in manholes rises above the top of the sewer pipe - and the sewer is under pressure or a head - ra
Surcharge
Rubble - Ordinary
Interceptor
B T U
44. The elevation of the invert (or bottom) of a pipeline - canal - culvert - or similar conduit. _ The inclination or slope of a pipeline - conduit - stream channel - or natural ground surface; usually expressed in terms of the ratio or percentage of nu
Absorption
Grade
Oxidation Ditch
Subsidence
45. A mixture of storm or surface runoff and other wastewater such as domestic or industrial wastewater.
Septic Tank
Overflow Manhole
Combined Wastewater
Lateral Break
46. Broken stones - boulders - or other materials placed compactly or irregularly on levees or dikes for the protection of earth surfaces against the erosive action of waves.
Sedimentation Basin
Storm Sewer
Permeability
Riprap
47. A manhole located at the upstream end of a sewer and having no inlet pipe. Also called a DEADEND MANHOLE.
Curb Stop
Acid Rain
Impermeable
Terminal Manhole
48. Masonry composed of roughly shaped stones - well bonded and brought at irregular intervals vertically to discontinuous but approximately level beds or courses.
multiple use
Rubble - Random
Estimated Flow
Stratification
49. 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
B T U
Seasonal Water Table
Pump Station
Newel Post
50. 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
Permeability
Baffle
manipulation of space
land use