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Civil Engineering Vocab
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1. A strip of unspoiled - often treed - agricultural or other outlying land used to separate or ring urban areas.
base plan
parkway
greenbelt
land trust
2. 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.
Terminal Manhole
Acidic
Riprap
Potable Water
3. The science and management of land - especially rural - agricultural land.
Pump Station
Rubble - Ordinary
Housing and Urban Development - Department of (HUD)
agronomy
4. The legal grant of right-of-use to an area of designated private property.
easement
Sediment
Acidic
Rubble - Ordinary
5. A large - public park - often highly scenic and isolated belonging to and operated by the federal government.
Wastewater Collection System
national park
Retention
Overflow Manhole
6. Precipitation which has been rendered (made) acidic by airborne pollutants.
Combined System
Acid Rain
new town
Sewage
7. 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.
Service Pipe
Artificial Groundwater Table
Stratification
designed landscape
8. Masonry composed of irregularly shaped stones laid without regularity of coursing - but well bonded.
Absorption
land trust
Storm Water
Rubble - Ordinary
9. A legal means of protecting beautiful views and associated aesthetic quality along a site by restricting change in existing features without government approval.
conservation plan
agronomy
scenic easement
Caisson
10. 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
Septic Tank
Impermeable
Aquifer
topography
11. 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
Baffle
Selector
Elevation
Storm Runoff
12. A small box-like structure that contains valves used to regulate flows.
Grade
Runoff
Vault
Selector
13. 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.
Seasonal Water Table
Secondary Treatment
Day Tank
Septic Tank
14. The movement of water through very small spaces due to molecular forces.
Rubble - Coursed
Capillary Action
building codes
landscape architecture registration
15. Rain and snow water accumulated in the earth's porous rock.
ground water
Service Pipe
Combined System
designed landscape
16. 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.
Manhole Vents
Wastewater
landscape contractor
Artesian
17. A water treatment process in which solid particles settle out of the water being treated in a large clarifier or sedimentation basin.
Bearing Wall
Two-Way Cleanout
Sedimentation
Interceptor
18. A sewer designed to carry both sanitary wastewaters and storm or surface water runoff.
conservation
planned unit development (PUD)
Combined System
Manifold
19. 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.
Handhole Trap
Forest Service
ecology
Artificial Groundwater Table
20. Downstream opening or discharge end of a pipe - culvert - or canal.
Datum Line
Settlement
Outlet
Impermeable
21. A layer - usually of concrete or mortar - for providing continuous support to such items as bricks - slabs - pipes.
Bedding
Wastewater Collection System
Combined Wastewater
National Park Service (NPS)
22. 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
Surcharge Manhole
Overflow Manhole
Sewer
23. A sewer that receives wastewater from many tributary branches or sewers and serves a large territory and contributing population.
built environment
Handhole Trap
Oxidation Ditch
Trunk Sewer
24. American Society for Testing and Materials
A S T M
multiple use
natural resources
environmental impact
25. A manhole located at the upstream end of a sewer and having no inlet pipe. Also called a TERMINAL MANHOLE.
Deadend Manhole
new town
land use
Forest Service
26. A capped opening in a building lateral -usually located on the property line - through which the pipelines can be cleaned.
Lateral Cleanout
Deadend Manhole
Storm Water
Manhole
27. A reactor or basin in which baffles or other devices create a series of compartments. The environment and the resulting microbial population within each compartment can be controlled to some extent by the operator. The environmental conditions (food
Selector
Storm Water
Groundwater
Artesian
28. 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
Lift Station
conservation plan
Aeration
Trunk Sewer
29. 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
Vault
Cistern
Combined System
30. Water that may contain objectionable pollution - contamination - minerals - or infective agents and is considered unsafe and/or unpalatable for drinking.
Manifold
hardscape
Nonpotable
new town
31. A water service shutoff valve located in a water service pipe near the curb and between the water main and the building. This valve is usually operated by a wrench or valve key and is used to start or stop flows in the water service line to a buildin
Curb Stop
Subsidence
Combined Sewer
Sewage
32. 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.
Weir
Chain of Custody
Acid Rain
Bearing
33. The prepared and compacted base on which a manhole is constructed.
Housing and Urban Development - Department of (HUD)
Manhole Bedding
Nonpotable
Combined Wastewater
34. 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
master plan
Walers
Lateral Sewer
Artificial Groundwater Table
35. The used household water and watercarried solids that flow in sewers to a wastewater treatment plant. The preferred term is WASTEWATER.
new town
Runoff
manipulation of space
Sewage
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).
Manifold
Absorption
Gravity Flow
historic preservation
37. Material used to provide a bedding or foundation for pipes or other underground structures. This material is of specified quality for desirable bedding or other characteristics and is often imported from a different location.
Select Bedding
Storm Sewer
Compaction
Shear Wall
38. 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
new town
Imported Backfill
ecology
39. The pipe system for collecting and carrying water and watercarried wastes from domestic and industrial sources to a wastewater treatment plant.
Two-Way Cleanout
Weir
Wastewater Collection System
Manhole Vents
40. A sewer designed to carry both sanitary wastewaters and storm or surface water runoff.
natural resources
Roof Leader
Combined Sewer
ground water
41. A U.S. government agency responsible for developing and enforcing regulations that guide the use of land and natural resources.
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Hydrostatic Pressure
Forest Service
Service Pipe
42. Railing support at landings or other breaks in the stairs. If an angle post projects beyond the bottom of the strings - the ornamental detail formed at the bottom of the post is called the drop.
Angle Post
Nonpotable
Wastewater Facilities
Runoff
43. 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.
Baffle
Wastewater
Weir
Catch Basin
44. 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.
zoning
Datum Line
reclamation
Weir
45. A collection pipe to which building laterals are connected.
Datum Line
Collection Main
Chain of Custody
Bureau of Land Management (BLM)
46. 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.
landscape architect
Runoff
Storm Water
Combined Wastewater
47. 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.
Wastewater Treatment Plant
Walers
Compaction
International Federation of Landscape Architects (IFLA)
48. An opening or point of access in a building wastewater pipe system for rodding or snake operation.
Storm Collection System
Wasteline Cleanout
Wastewater Collection System
Bedding
49. 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
landscape
Balustrade
Liquefaction
50. 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.
site plan
Pump Station
Earth Shift
landscape architect