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Civil Engineering Vocab

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1. 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.






2. 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






3. 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.






4. Landscape architecture - (civil) engineering - urban planning and architecture. Agronomy is also often included in this group.






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






6. 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






7. The creative illustration - planning and specification of space for the greatest possible amount of harmony - utility - value and beauty.






8. 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.






9. A pipe or conduit that carries wastewater or drainage water. The term 'collection line' is often used also.






10. Not easily penetrated. The property of a material or soil that does not allow - or allows only with great difficulty - the movement or passage of water.






11. The lowest point of the channel inside a pipe - conduit - or canal.






12. The pipe system for collecting and carrying water and watercarried wastes from domestic and industrial sources to a wastewater treatment plant.






13. 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.






14. A wall that resist horizontal forces applied in the plane of the wall.






15. 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.






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. 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






18. Masonry composed of irregularly shaped stones laid without regularity of coursing - but well bonded.






19. A small box-like structure that contains valves used to regulate flows.






20. Branch or lateral sewers that collect wastewater from building sewers and service lines.






21. A legal means of protecting beautiful views and associated aesthetic quality along a site by restricting change in existing features without government approval.






22. 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.






23. 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.






24. A strip of unspoiled - often treed - agricultural or other outlying land used to separate or ring urban areas.






25. A preliminary plan showing proposed ultimate site development. Master plans often comprise site work that must be executed in phases over a long time and are thus subject to drastic modification.






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






27. 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.






28. 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.






29. 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.






30. 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.






31. Rain and snow water accumulated in the earth's porous rock.






32. 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






33. The property of a material or soil that permits considerable movement of water through it when it is saturated.






34. A sewer designed to carry both sanitary wastewaters and storm or surface water runoff.






35. 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.






36. A system of major sewers serving as transporting lines and not as local or lateral sewers.






37. The pipeline extending from the water main to the building served or to the consumer's system.






38. The science and management of land - especially rural - agricultural land.






39. An unstable condition of a solution (water) in which the solution contains a substance at a concentration greater than the saturation concentration for the substance.






40. A road laid through a garden or park-like landscape - usually with median and roadside plantings.






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






42. American Society for Testing and Materials






43. Clarifier - Settling Tank. A tank or basin in which wastewater is held for a period of time during which the heavier solids settle to the bottom and the lighter materials float to the water surface.






44. 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






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






46. 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.






47. 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.






48. In landscape architecture - a study of the potential cost of site purchase - demolition and improvement in comparison to the income or other benefit to be derived from site development.






49. A layer - usually of concrete or mortar - for providing continuous support to such items as bricks - slabs - pipes.






50. 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