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Civil Engineering Vocab
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1. A railing composed of balusters capped by a handrail.
Balustrade
Subsidence
Service Pipe
Saturated Soil
2. A 19th- and 20th-century planned community traditionally featuring careful mixes of housing - open space - commercial activity and recreation. Examples include Reston - Va. - and Columbia - Md. - in the United States - and Harlow and Stevenage in Gre
new town
Interconnector
Bedding
Runoff
3. A chamber or well built at the curbline of a street to admit gutter flow to the storm water drainage system. Also see STORM WATER INLET and CATCH BASIN.
Housing and Urban Development - Department of (HUD)
Curb inlet
Groundwater
Elevation
4. 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
Wastewater Collection System
Balustrade
B T U
scenic easement
5. The excess water running off from the surface of a drainage area during and immediately after a period of rain. See STORM RUNOFF.
Retention
Acidic
Combined Wastewater
Storm Water
6. 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.
Storm Sewer
Trunk System
manipulation of space
Surcharge Manhole
7. 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.
Wasteline Vent
drainage
Housing and Urban Development - Department of (HUD)
open space
8. A wall that resist horizontal forces applied in the plane of the wall.
Cross Braces
Deadend Manhole
Shear Wall
Aeration
9. A type of wastewater or service connection pipe made of a low grade of cast iron. _ In plumbing - a pipe that carries the discharge of toilets or similar fixtures - with or without the discharges from other fixtures.
new town
Soil Pipe
Imported Backfill
Surcharge
10. 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).
Absorption
Compaction
reclamation
topography
11. 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.
Sewer Main
Wastewater Collection System
Sedimentation Basin
Two-Way Cleanout
12. 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
International Federation of Landscape Architects (IFLA)
Oxidation Ditch
Acid Rain
conservation
13. A downspout or pipe installed to drain a roof gutter to a storm drain or other means of disposal.
Artesian
Lateral Sewer
Capillary Action
Roof Leader
14. One or a series of oneinch diameter holes through a manhole lid for purposes of venting dangerous gases found in sewers.
Hydrostatic Pressure
Manhole Vents
Lateral Break
Storm Runoff
15. 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.
Liquefaction
Wastewater Facilities
Interceptor
open space
16. 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
Supersaturated
Gravity Flow
Lateral Sewer
Earth Shift
17. An arrangement of pipes - equipment - devices - tanks and structures for treating wastewater and industrial wastes. A water pollution control plant.
Wasteline Vent
Activated Sludge Process
Invert
Wastewater Treatment Plant
18. 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
Surface Runoff
Service Pipe
new town
19. The form of the land. Contour lines are map lines connecting points of the same ground elevation and are used to depict and measure slope and drainage. Spot elevations are points of a specific elevation.
master plan
Hydrostatic Pressure
Liquefaction
contour
20. 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
Cistern
Storm Water
Surcharge
Council of Landscape Architecture Registration Boards (CLARB)
21. 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
Storm Runoff
Imported Backfill
Bearing Wall
Datum Line
22. A manhole which fills and allows raw wastewater to flow out onto the street or ground.
view
Overflow Manhole
Liquefaction
Aeration
23. A large pipe to which a series of smaller pipes are connected. Also called a HEADER.
Capillary Action
Forest Service
Manifold
Wastewater Treatment Plant
24. 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
Retention
scenic easement
Bearing
Interconnector
25. 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.
conservation
Saturated Soil
landscape
Cistern
26. A structure made of concrete or other durable material to protect bare soil from erosion by splashing or falling water.
Sewer
reclamation
Splash Pad
Combined Wastewater
27. 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.
environmental impact
Grease Trap
Liquefaction
designed landscape
28. Downstream opening or discharge end of a pipe - culvert - or canal.
Bearing Wall
International Federation of Landscape Architects (IFLA)
Cistern
Outlet
29. A system of major sewers serving as transporting lines and not as local or lateral sewers.
Adsorption
Trunk System
Supersaturated
Service Pipe
30. The creative illustration - planning and specification of space for the greatest possible amount of harmony - utility - value and beauty.
master plan
Activated Sludge Process
design
Select Bedding
31. 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.
Sediment
Terminal Manhole
A S T M
Runoff
32. Load applied along or parallel to and concentric with the primary axis
Axial Load
Earth Shift
Aquifer
Settlement
33. 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.
Clear Well
contour
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
new town
34. The upper surface of the zone of saturation of groundwater in an unconfined aquifer.
land use
Water Table
Riprap
base plan
35. 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.
Balustrade
Chain of Custody
Angle Post
Equalizing Basin
36. The height to which something is elevated - such as the height above sea level.
building codes
Rubble - Random
Nonpotable
Elevation
37. The protection - improvement and use of natural resources according to principles that will assure the highest economic or social benefits for people and the environment now and in the future.
conservation
landscape
National Park Service (NPS)
Storm Water Inlet
38. 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
Interconnector
Lift Station
Backfill
Cross Braces
39. The conversion of large solid particles of sludge into very fine particles which either dissolve or remain suspended in wastewater.
land trust
Liquefaction
Grease Trap
scenic easement
40. Masonry composed of irregularly shaped stones laid without regularity of coursing - but well bonded.
Rubble - Ordinary
Manhole Vents
Collection Main
design
41. A coordinating agency formed in 1961 for state boards that administer licensing exams and maintain records for landscape architects to practice.
Housing and Urban Development - Department of (HUD)
Storm Sewer
Council of Landscape Architecture Registration Boards (CLARB)
site plan
42. A legal means of protecting beautiful views and associated aesthetic quality along a site by restricting change in existing features without government approval.
Angle Post
scenic easement
conservation
Chain of Custody
43. Water that may contain objectionable pollution - contamination - minerals - or infective agents and is considered unsafe and/or unpalatable for drinking.
Wastewater Facilities
Newel Post
Artificial Groundwater Table
Nonpotable
44. 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.
Handhole Trap
Trunk System
CADD
Acidic
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.
Catch Basin
building (construction) permit
Seasonal Water Table
Walers
46. A sewer that receives wastewater from many tributary branches or sewers and serves a large territory and contributing population.
Storm Water
B T U
Balustrade
Trunk Sewer
47. The illustration and description of problem-statements and large-scale design solutions that affect extensive areas of land; the anticipation of problems that will be encountered as human use and development of land continues.
Baluster
Balustrade
planning
Interconnector
48. Any designated use or activity on a piece of land.
Angle Post
land use
Supersaturated
Runoff
49. 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
National Park Service (NPS)
City Beautiful Movement
Lateral Sewer
50. This landscape architecture specialization has evolved to encompass maintenance of a site in its present condition; conservation of a site as part of a larger area of historic importance; restoration of a site to a given date or quality; renovation o
historic preservation
conservation
conservation plan
Runoff