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Civil Engineering Vocab
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1. In zoning - a housing or commercial development composed of individual units that are regulated as a whole.
planned unit development (PUD)
Adhesion
Activated Sludge Process
Angle of Repose
2. Solid material settled from suspension in a liquid.
designed landscape
Collection System
Sediment
planned unit development (PUD)
3. The excess water running off from the surface of a drainage area during and immediately after a period of rain. See STORM RUNOFF.
Absorption Capacity
Storm Water
Adhesion
Estimated Flow
4. Masonry composed of roughly shaped stones - well bonded and brought at irregular intervals vertically to discontinuous but approximately level beds or courses.
Rubble - Random
Baluster
Riprap
Bedding
5. A downspout or pipe installed to drain a roof gutter to a storm drain or other means of disposal.
Elevation
Roof Leader
Invert
Housing and Urban Development - Department of (HUD)
6. 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.
Lateral Cleanout
Interconnector
drainage
Bureau of Land Management (BLM)
7. A manhole located at the upstream end of a sewer and having no inlet pipe. Also called a TERMINAL MANHOLE.
Deadend Manhole
Surcharge Manhole
Sedimentation Basin
Runoff
8. A material - other than aggregate - cementitious material or water - added in small quantities to the mix in order to produce some (desired) modifications - either to the properties of the mix or of the hardened product.
Admixture
open space
planning
Splash Pad
9. A line from which heights and depths are calculated or measured. Also called a datum plane or a datum level.
Acid Rain
Acidic
Sediment
Datum Line
10. A professional society that represents landscape architects in the United States and Canada and seeks to better the practice and understanding of landscape architecture through education - research - state registration and other programs.
Rubble - Random
American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA)
base plan
Surface Runoff
11. 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
drainage
Absorption Capacity
Interceptor
Elevation
12. The pipeline extending from the water main to the building served or to the consumer's system.
Water Table
Datum Line
Vault
Service Pipe
13. A relatively clear or forested area left untouched in or near a city. It may be active open space - such as a baseball field - or passive open space - such as an area of natural woodland.
Angle of Repose
Shear Wall
Sedimentation Basin
open space
14. Sedimentation basin overflow weir. A plate with Vnotches along the top to ensure a uniform flow rate and avoid shortcircuiting.
Laundering Weir
built environment
historic preservation
Acidic
15. Regulations specifying the type of construction methods and materials that are allowable on a project.
building codes
Acid Rain
Select Bedding
Gravity Flow
16. An authorization issued by a government agency allowing construction of a project according to approved plans and specifications.
Housing and Urban Development - Department of (HUD)
building (construction) permit
Imported Backfill
CADD
17. A trained builder or installer of landscapes - retained to implement the plans of landscape architects.
Datum Line
Storm Water Inlet
building codes
landscape contractor
18. 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.
hardscape
Manhole Vents
Storm Collection System
Storm Water
19. One or a series of oneinch diameter holes through a manhole lid for purposes of venting dangerous gases found in sewers.
Curb inlet
Manhole Vents
landscape architecture
natural resources
20. A mixture of storm or surface runoff and other wastewater such as domestic or industrial wastewater.
Deadend Manhole
Sedimentation Basin
Absorption
Combined Wastewater
21. A small tank (usually covered) or a storage facility used to store water for a home or farm. Often used to store rainwater.
Saturated Soil
Estimated Flow
Cistern
view
22. The science and art of design - planning - management and stewardship of the land. Landscape architecture involves natural and built elements - cultural and scientific knowledge - and concern for resource conservation to the end that the resulting en
Rubble - Coursed
Curb inlet
landscape architecture
zoning
23. 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
Manhole Bedding
Secondary Treatment
Pump Station
24. A sewer designed to carry both sanitary wastewaters and storm or surface water runoff.
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Combined System
Trunk System
conservation plan
25. 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
Subsidence
Trunk System
Interconnector
26. A large - public park - often highly scenic and isolated belonging to and operated by the federal government.
Sewer Main
new town
national park
hardscape
27. The man-made creation of or alterations to a specific area - including its natural resources. This is in contrast to the 'natural environment.'
built environment
Interconnector
Manhole Bedding
Liquefaction
28. 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
A S T M
Adhesion
Storm Sewer
Angle of Repose
29. 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.
Seasonal Water Table
Check Valve
Adsorption
air rights
30. 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
Rubble - Ordinary
Surface Runoff
Day Tank
Manifold
31. A legal means of protecting beautiful views and associated aesthetic quality along a site by restricting change in existing features without government approval.
Select Backfill
scenic easement
Forest Service
Chain of Custody
32. The prepared and compacted base on which a manhole is constructed.
drainage
base plan
Manhole Bedding
Selector
33. 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
Surface Runoff
Aeration
Compaction
Manifold
34. 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.
Wastewater Collection System
Saturated Soil
Earth Shift
Shear Wall
35. A manhole located at the upstream end of a sewer and having no inlet pipe. Also called a DEADEND MANHOLE.
Terminal Manhole
Bedding
CADD
Combined System
36. A strip of unspoiled - often treed - agricultural or other outlying land used to separate or ring urban areas.
landscape architect
Activated Sludge Process
greenbelt
Clear Well
37. The upper surface of the zone of saturation of groundwater in an unconfined aquifer.
Forest Service
Water Table
Backfill
Capillary Action
38. 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.
Bureau of Land Management (BLM)
Elevation
designed landscape
Equalizing Basin
39. Narrowly defined - the amount of countryside and/or city that can be taken in at a glance. Also - an area of land or water taken in the aggregate.
landscape
Select Bedding
view
Subsidence
40. Shoring members placed across a trench to hold other horizontal and vertical shoring members in place.
Liquefaction
Acidic
Seasonal Water Table
Cross Braces
41. A type of easement granting permission to a constructor or developer to build over a street or structure.
Sanitary Sewer
Seasonal Water Table
air rights
multiple use
42. A break in a lateral pipe somewhere between the sewer main and the building connection.
planned unit development (PUD)
Lateral Break
natural resources
Interceptor
43. 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
environmental inventory
view
Adsorption
Activated Sludge Process
44. 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.'
easement
Surcharge Manhole
ground water
landscape
45. 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
Select Bedding
Activated Sludge Process
Select Backfill
softscape
46. The angle between a horizontal line andthe slope or surface of unsupported material such as gravel - sand -or loose soil. Also called the 'natural slope.'
Selector
Angle of Repose
Soil Displacement
Imported Backfill
47. The used household water and watercarried solids that flow in sewers to a wastewater treatment plant. The preferred term is WASTEWATER.
Sewage
planned unit development (PUD)
Datum Line
environmental inventory
48. Masonry composed of roughly shaped stones fitting approximately on level beds - well bonded and brought at vertical intervals to continuous level beds of courses.
Rubble - Coursed
Wasteline Vent
easement
Combined Wastewater
49. 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.
Wasteline Cleanout
landscape architecture registration
Storm Water Inlet
Storm Water
50. 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
Splash Pad
parkway
Easement
Activated Sludge Process