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Civil Engineering Vocab
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1. A structure made of concrete or other durable material to protect bare soil from erosion by splashing or falling water.
Splash Pad
land use
parkway
manipulation of space
2. A community's used water and water carried solids (including used water from industrial processes) that flow to a treatment plant. Storm water - surface water - and groundwater infiltration also may be included in the wastewater that enters a wastewa
land use
designed landscape
Baffle
Wastewater
3. 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.
Lateral Break
land use
Council of Landscape Architecture Registration Boards (CLARB)
conservation
4. 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.
landscape architecture
topography
landscape
Interceptor
5. Masonry composed of irregularly shaped stones laid without regularity of coursing - but well bonded.
Council of Landscape Architecture Registration Boards (CLARB)
Rubble - Ordinary
Storm Collection System
Admixture
6. A sewer pipe to which building laterals are connected. Also called a COLLECTION MAIN.
Soil Pipe
Surcharge
Sewer Main
Wastewater
7. 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.
landscape architecture registration
Sedimentation
base plan
American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA)
8. A conservation group that maintains a revolving fund for quickly buying land that is in danger of being developed inappropriately or without regard to proper environmental considerations.
Chain of Custody
Capillary Action
Catch Basin
land trust
9. Water that may contain objectionable pollution - contamination - minerals - or infective agents and is considered unsafe and/or unpalatable for drinking.
Nonpotable
air rights
Wastewater Collection System
Imported Backfill
10. A capped opening in a building lateral -usually located on the property line - through which the pipelines can be cleaned.
Easement
Interconnector
landscape contractor
Lateral Cleanout
11. 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
greenbelt
Cross Braces
Runoff
12. 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
landscape architect
agronomy
manipulation of space
Angle Post
13. Material used in backfilling of an excavation - selected for desirable compaction or other characteristics.
Wastewater Facilities
Supersaturated
hardscape
Select Backfill
14. A pipe or conduit that carries wastewater or drainage water. The term 'collection line' is often used also.
A S T M
Sanitary Sewer
Sewer
Gravity Flow
15. A network of pipes - manholes - cleanouts - traps - siphons - lift stations and other structures used to collect all wastewater and wastewatercarried wastes of an area and transport them to a treatment plant or disposal system. The collection system
Collection System
Capillary Action
Selector
Select Backfill
16. In landscape architecture - an essential sheet showing site boundaries and significant site features - used as a basis for subsequent plan development.
Soil Displacement
base plan
Splash Pad
Lift Station
17. The legal grant of right-of-use to an area of designated private property.
Imported Backfill
Splash Pad
easement
Select Bedding
18. The used household water and watercarried solids that flow in sewers to a wastewater treatment plant. The preferred term is WASTEWATER.
Absorption Capacity
Laundering Weir
Sewage
Surface Runoff
19. Any designated use or activity on a piece of land.
Two-Way Cleanout
Soil Pipe
land use
Housing and Urban Development - Department of (HUD)
20. 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
Curb inlet
Splash Pad
21. The running off of water from a land surface or subsurface - such as through sewers or natural means.
Wastewater
drainage
manipulation of space
Day Tank
22. 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.
designed landscape
CADD
Wastewater Facilities
B T U
23. 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
historic preservation
Main Sewer
new town
Angle of Repose
24. The pipe system for collecting and carrying water and watercarried wastes from domestic and industrial sources to a wastewater treatment plant.
Wastewater Collection System
new town
Combined System
CADD
25. A branch of biology dealing with the relationship between living things and their environment.
Interconnector
Trunk Sewer
ecology
Sewage
26. An authorization issued by a government agency allowing construction of a project according to approved plans and specifications.
conservation plan
Settlement
Wasteline Vent
building (construction) permit
27. The amount of liquid which a solid material can absorb. Sand - as an example - can hold approximately onethird of its volume in water - or three cubic feet of dry sand can contain one cubic foot of water. A denser soil - such as clay - can hold much
Absorption Capacity
Handhole Trap
Council of Landscape Architecture Registration Boards (CLARB)
Bureau of Land Management (BLM)
28. 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
Collection Main
National Park Service (NPS)
Wasteline Vent
Angle Post
29. A sewer that discharges into a branch or other sewer and has no other common sewer tributary to it. Sometimes called a 'street sewer' because it collects wastewater from individual homes.
Absorption
Lateral Sewer
National Park Service (NPS)
Mail Line
30. 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
Easement
ground water
Artesian
Admixture
31. Vertical member supporting the railing.
landscape
Grade
Baluster
Activated Sludge Process
32. 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.
Hydrostatic Pressure
Potable Water
Walers
softscape
33. 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
Supersaturated
historic preservation
Balustrade
Oxidation Ditch
34. The man-made creation of or alterations to a specific area - including its natural resources. This is in contrast to the 'natural environment.'
reclamation
built environment
Vault
Storm Water
35. 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.
Chain of Custody
land trust
Clear Well
contour
36. Solid material settled from suspension in a liquid.
Potable Water
Collection System
Activated Sludge Process
Sediment
37. The force that resists the separation of two bodies in contact.
easement
Adhesion
Surcharge Manhole
International Federation of Landscape Architects (IFLA)
38. 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
Storm Runoff
Cross Braces
Catch Basin
39. 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
Walers
Bearing
Lift Station
Capillary Action
40. A sewer designed to carry both sanitary wastewaters and storm or surface water runoff.
Combined Wastewater
natural resources
Combined Sewer
Lift Station
41. 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.
Lateral Cleanout
Two-Way Cleanout
Caisson
A S T M
42. The precipitation that cannot be absorbed by the soil and flows across the surface by gravity. The water that reaches a stream by traveling over the soil surface or falls directly into the stream channels - including not only the large permanent stre
Surface Runoff
Sediment
International Federation of Landscape Architects (IFLA)
land use
43. Water that does not contain objectionable pollution - contamination - minerals - or infective agents and is considered satisfactory for drinking.
Collection System
Absorption
Potable Water
Datum Line
44. 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.
reclamation
Main Sewer
ground water
Manifold
45. 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
A S T M
Septic Tank
Weir
City Beautiful Movement
46. A pipe or conduit (sewer) intended to carry wastewater or waterborne wastes from homes - businesses - and industries to the POTW (Publicly Owned Treatment Works). Storm water runoff or unpolluted water should be collected and transported in a separat
Cistern
Wasteline Vent
Sanitary Sewer
land trust
47. Shoring members placed across a trench to hold other horizontal and vertical shoring members in place.
Cross Braces
conservation
Equalizing Basin
Storm Collection System
48. 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
Capillary Action
Wastewater
Caisson
Imported Backfill
49. 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.
Soil Pipe
Forest Service
greenbelt
Baffle
50. A device that admits surface waters to the storm water drainage system. Also see CURB INLET and CATCH BASIN.
Interconnector
ground water
Storm Water Inlet
Grade