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Civil Engineering Vocab
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1. Any attempt to restore to beneficial use land that has lost its fertility and stability; most often applies to mining reclamation - such as the restoration of strip mines and quarries.
reclamation
Balustrade
building codes
grade
2. The prepared and compacted base on which a manhole is constructed.
Sewer
Manhole Bedding
view
Storm Water
3. 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.
hardscape
designed landscape
master plan
contour
4. Federal agency responsible for producing and managing many federally-funded public service programs - especially those affecting housing and public spaces.
Deadend Manhole
Housing and Urban Development - Department of (HUD)
natural resources
Laundering Weir
5. 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
Terminal Manhole
Mail Line
Balustrade
6. 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
landscape architecture registration
Manhole
Selector
landscape architect
7. A structure made of concrete or other durable material to protect bare soil from erosion by splashing or falling water.
Lateral Break
air rights
Splash Pad
Runoff
8. 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
Saturated Soil
Select Backfill
Sanitary Sewer
multiple use
9. Record of an area's natural and man-made resources - including vegetation - animal life - geological characteristics and mankind's presence in such forms as housing - highways and even hazardous wastes.
environmental inventory
Capillary Action
Trunk System
planning
10. 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
Estimated Flow
Septic Tank
Wastewater
Impermeable
11. A pipe or conduit that carries wastewater or drainage water. The term 'collection line' is often used also.
Supersaturated
Sewer
Artificial Groundwater Table
topography
12. 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
Collection Main
landscape
Axial Load
new town
13. A type of easement granting permission to a constructor or developer to build over a street or structure.
Sewer Main
air rights
Rubble - Random
manipulation of space
14. 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
Bedding
ecology
Oxidation Ditch
Storm Sewer
15. The conversion of large solid particles of sludge into very fine particles which either dissolve or remain suspended in wastewater.
Rubble - Ordinary
Manhole Bedding
Liquefaction
Hydrostatic Pressure
16. Movement of soil from one place to another. Generally accompanies SILTING of a sewer system. Where infiltration is taking place and silt is carried into a sewer system - such silt or soil is removed from the ground around the sewer pipe and the resul
site plan
Laundering Weir
Curb inlet
Soil Displacement
17. A legal means of protecting beautiful views and associated aesthetic quality along a site by restricting change in existing features without government approval.
scenic easement
Compaction Test
Storm Sewer
Roof Leader
18. The pipe system for collecting and carrying water and watercarried wastes from domestic and industrial sources to a wastewater treatment plant.
conservation plan
Wastewater Collection System
Estimated Flow
environmental impact
19. 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.
Acid Rain
easement
Interconnector
Septic Tank
20. In landscape architecture - an essential sheet showing site boundaries and significant site features - used as a basis for subsequent plan development.
contour
Storm Water Inlet
Overflow Manhole
base plan
21. A rough guess of the amount of flow in a collection system. When greater accuracy is needed - flow could be computed using average or typical flow quantities. Even greater accuracy would result from metering or otherwise measuring the actual flow.
Lateral Cleanout
Interceptor
conservation plan
Estimated Flow
22. 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
Check Valve
designed landscape
Retention
Admixture
23. 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
Weir
Manhole Bedding
Axial Load
Newel Post
24. Landscape architecture - (civil) engineering - urban planning and architecture. Agronomy is also often included in this group.
Backfill
environmental design professions
Cross Braces
Potable Water
25. The natural elements with which landscape architects work - such as plant materials and the soil itself.
Bureau of Land Management (BLM)
Trunk Sewer
Sedimentation Basin
softscape
26. 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.
CADD
Soil Pipe
Artesian
topography
27. Downward movement of the soil or of a structure which it supports
Settlement
Selector
Soil Pipe
planning
28. 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.
Wasteline Vent
topography
landscape architecture registration
Storm Water Inlet
29. 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
American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA)
Adsorption
Outlet
planned unit development (PUD)
30. A line from which heights and depths are calculated or measured. Also called a datum plane or a datum level.
Liquefaction
Datum Line
Elevation
Angle Post
31. In zoning - a housing or commercial development composed of individual units that are regulated as a whole.
planned unit development (PUD)
ecology
Equalizing Basin
Storm Water Inlet
32. A sewer designed to carry both sanitary wastewaters and storm or surface water runoff.
Combined System
built environment
Retention
Main Sewer
33. Material used in backfilling of an excavation - selected for desirable compaction or other characteristics.
national park
Day Tank
Roof Leader
Select Backfill
34. Masonry composed of roughly shaped stones - well bonded and brought at irregular intervals vertically to discontinuous but approximately level beds or courses.
Manifold
Rubble - Random
built environment
Earth Shift
35. Solid material settled from suspension in a liquid.
Sediment
Artesian
Laundering Weir
Roof Leader
36. A road laid through a garden or park-like landscape - usually with median and roadside plantings.
Supersaturated
parkway
Selector
drainage
37. 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
designed landscape
Elevation
Rubble - Coursed
Aeration
38. A wall that resist horizontal forces applied in the plane of the wall.
American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA)
scenic easement
Shear Wall
building (construction) permit
39. Rain and snow water accumulated in the earth's porous rock.
natural resources
ground water
Artesian
Baffle
40. The property of a material or soil that permits considerable movement of water through it when it is saturated.
Permeability
Shear Wall
Sewer
Storm Collection System
41. Water that may contain objectionable pollution - contamination - minerals - or infective agents and is considered unsafe and/or unpalatable for drinking.
Nonpotable
Backfill
Clear Well
Deadend Manhole
42. A device that admits surface waters to the storm water drainage system. Also see CURB INLET and CATCH BASIN.
national park
Storm Water Inlet
contour
base plan
43. 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
Selector
Surcharge
Hydrostatic Pressure
Roof Leader
44. The slope of a plot of land. Grading is the mechanical process of moving earth changing the degree of rise or descent of the land in order to establish good drainage and otherwise suit the intent of a landscape design.
grade
Bearing
Impermeable
Stratification
45. 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.
Wastewater
open space
Cistern
Bearing
46. A water treatment process in which solid particles settle out of the water being treated in a large clarifier or sedimentation basin.
CADD
Splash Pad
agronomy
Sedimentation
47. 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.
Soil Displacement
drainage
Permeability
hardscape
48. 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
Overflow Manhole
Deadend Manhole
Gravity Flow
Combined Wastewater
49. 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.
Groundwater
Subsidence
planning
Invert
50. A manhole located at the upstream end of a sewer and having no inlet pipe. Also called a TERMINAL MANHOLE.
Roof Leader
Deadend Manhole
Mail Line
Select Backfill