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Civil Engineering Vocab

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1. The man-made creation of or alterations to a specific area - including its natural resources. This is in contrast to the 'natural environment.'






2. A small tank (usually covered) or a storage facility used to store water for a home or farm. Often used to store rainwater.






3. Post at which the railing terminates at each floor level.






4. A plan for conserving or protecting various natural or manufactured resources. Such a plan is used as a management tool in making decisions regarding soil - water - vegetation - manufactured objects and other resources at a particular site.






5. Material used to fill in a trench or excavation






6. Solid material settled from suspension in a liquid.






7. The conversion of large solid particles of sludge into very fine particles which either dissolve or remain suspended in wastewater.






8. 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






9. The movement of water through very small spaces due to molecular forces.






10. An authorization issued by a government agency allowing construction of a project according to approved plans and specifications.






11. 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






12. 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.






13. A manhole located at the upstream end of a sewer and having no inlet pipe. Also called a DEADEND MANHOLE.






14. 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






15. Regulations specifying the type of construction methods and materials that are allowable on a project.






16. 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.






17. A type of easement granting permission to a constructor or developer to build over a street or structure.






18. A downspout or pipe installed to drain a roof gutter to a storm drain or other means of disposal.






19. Vertical member supporting the railing.






20. The force that resists the separation of two bodies in contact.






21. 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






22. 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.






23. 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






24. Opening in a sewer provided for the purpose of permitting operators or equipment to enter or leave a sewer. Sometimes called an 'access hole' or a 'maintenance hole.'






25. A sewer that receives wastewater from many tributary branches or sewers and serves a large territory and contributing population.






26. 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






27. A line from which heights and depths are calculated or measured. Also called a datum plane or a datum level.






28. A break in a lateral pipe somewhere between the sewer main and the building connection.






29. 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).






30. 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.






31. The legal grant of right-of-use to an area of designated private property.






32. Any method of determining the weight a compacted material is able to support without damage or displacement. Usually stated in pounds per square foot.






33. An arrangement of pipes - equipment - devices - tanks and structures for treating wastewater and industrial wastes. A water pollution control plant.






34. Narrowly defined - an extended view or prospect from a site which - many times - is as important as or more important than the site itself.






35. 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






36. A wall that supports any vertical load in addition to its own weight.






37. 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.






38. 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.






39. 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.






40. 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.






41. Sand - silt - gravel and rocks carried or washed into a collection system by infiltration water flows.






42. Load applied along or parallel to and concentric with the primary axis






43. A system of gutters - catch basins - yard drains - culverts and pipes for the purpose of conducting storm waters from an area - but intended to exclude domestic and industrial wastes.






44. A branch of biology dealing with the relationship between living things and their environment.






45. The gathering of a gas - liquid - or dissolved substance on the surface or interface zone of another material. Advanced Waste Treatment (water) n Any process of water renovation that upgrades treated wastewater to meet specific reuse requirements. Ma






46. 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






47. 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






48. A mixture of storm or surface runoff and other wastewater such as domestic or industrial wastewater.






49. The running off of water from a land surface or subsurface - such as through sewers or natural means.






50. A multinational organization of landscape architects whose purpose is the promotion of landscape design and planning.






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