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Civil Engineering Vocab
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1. A collection pipe to which building laterals are connected.
easement
view
Collection Main
parkway
2. Downstream opening or discharge end of a pipe - culvert - or canal.
Splash Pad
Supersaturated
Outlet
Bearing
3. 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.
Supersaturated
Imported Backfill
Retention
environmental design professions
4. 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.
Cross Braces
Lateral Sewer
landscape contractor
Walers
5. Rain and snow water accumulated in the earth's porous rock.
Trunk System
Soil Displacement
ground water
Wasteline Vent
6. 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.
Catch Basin
Imported Backfill
Shear Wall
Walers
7. Landscape architecture - (civil) engineering - urban planning and architecture. Agronomy is also often included in this group.
Caisson
Seasonal Water Table
environmental design professions
Cistern
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
Adhesion
Sanitary Sewer
Baffle
Storm Sewer
9. A groundwater table that is changed by artificial means. Examples of activities that artificially raise the level of a groundwater table include agricultural irrigation - dams and excessive sewer line exfiltration. A groundwater table can be artifici
planning
Backfill
Baluster
Artificial Groundwater Table
10. 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
Overflow Manhole
Rubble - Random
Selector
Wasteline Vent
11. 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.
Saturated Soil
environmental design professions
landscape architect
Caisson
12. A strip of unspoiled - often treed - agricultural or other outlying land used to separate or ring urban areas.
Vault
Wastewater Treatment Plant
cost-benefit analysis
greenbelt
13. 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.
multiple use
Admixture
Grade
air rights
14. 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
Baluster
scenic easement
environmental impact
Retention
15. The force that resists the separation of two bodies in contact.
Cross Braces
Earth Shift
Adhesion
Gravity Flow
16. A sewer pipe to which building laterals are connected. Also called a COLLECTION MAIN.
Check Valve
Sewer Main
Newel Post
scenic easement
17. A structure made of concrete or other durable material to protect bare soil from erosion by splashing or falling water.
Outlet
Splash Pad
Sewer
Storm Water Inlet
18. Tamping or rolling of a material to achieve a surface or density that is able to support predicted loads.
grade
Saturated Soil
Compaction
Shear Wall
19. Material used to provide a bedding or foundation for pipes or other underground structures. This material is of specified quality for desirable bedding or other characteristics and is often imported from a different location.
Mail Line
B T U
Collection Main
Select Bedding
20. Downward movement of the soil or of a structure which it supports
drainage
Settlement
Groundwater
Easement
21. A multinational organization of landscape architects whose purpose is the promotion of landscape design and planning.
Oxidation Ditch
International Federation of Landscape Architects (IFLA)
landscape architecture
Manifold
22. 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
Adsorption
Balustrade
Wastewater Facilities
Bearing Wall
23. A capped opening in a building lateral -usually located on the property line - through which the pipelines can be cleaned.
Lateral Cleanout
Curb Stop
Adhesion
City Beautiful Movement
24. Material used to fill in a trench or excavation
Backfill
Storm Water Inlet
Acid Rain
Elevation
25. 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.
Lift Station
reclamation
Combined System
planning
26. 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
grade
Estimated Flow
landscape architecture
Bearing
27. A railing composed of balusters capped by a handrail.
Balustrade
historic preservation
Sewer Main
Trunk Sewer
28. 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
land trust
Weir
master plan
American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA)
29. Post at which the railing terminates at each floor level.
Check Valve
landscape architecture registration
Potable Water
Newel Post
30. A manhole located at the upstream end of a sewer and having no inlet pipe. Also called a TERMINAL MANHOLE.
Deadend Manhole
Estimated Flow
Earth Shift
Axial Load
31. The height to which something is elevated - such as the height above sea level.
Wastewater Collection System
Service Pipe
Elevation
Impermeable
32. Narrowly defined - an extended view or prospect from a site which - many times - is as important as or more important than the site itself.
Vault
view
Elevation
Two-Way Cleanout
33. 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
historic preservation
Select Backfill
new town
34. 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.
Pump Station
Vault
landscape architecture registration
Invert
35. 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.
Manifold
A S T M
Storm Water
Walers
36. Any method of determining the weight a compacted material is able to support without damage or displacement. Usually stated in pounds per square foot.
Combined Wastewater
Compaction Test
Curb Stop
hardscape
37. 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.
Mail Line
Caisson
cost-benefit analysis
historic preservation
38. 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
Wastewater
Storm Sewer
Aeration
Splash Pad
39. 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
landscape contractor
Acidic
agronomy
Absorption Capacity
40. Federal agency responsible for producing and managing many federally-funded public service programs - especially those affecting housing and public spaces.
Select Bedding
Lateral Cleanout
Housing and Urban Development - Department of (HUD)
Select Backfill
41. The legal grant of right-of-use to an area of designated private property.
Sediment
building codes
new town
easement
42. A groundwater table that has seasonal changes in depth or elevation.
Handhole Trap
Estimated Flow
Seasonal Water Table
Housing and Urban Development - Department of (HUD)
43. A break in a lateral pipe somewhere between the sewer main and the building connection.
greenbelt
Sewer Main
Lateral Break
Walers
44. 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).
environmental design professions
Infiltrated Debris
Hydrostatic Pressure
Absorption
45. An opening or point of access in a building wastewater pipe system for rodding or snake operation.
land use
topography
Wasteline Cleanout
Backfill
46. Solid material settled from suspension in a liquid.
Manhole Bedding
Main Sewer
Adhesion
Sediment
47. The formation of separate layers (of temperature - plant - or animal life) in a lake or reservoir. Each layer has similar characteristics such as all water in the layer has the same temperature. Also see THERMAL STRATIFICATION.
view
Terminal Manhole
Stratification
greenbelt
48. A manhole which fills and allows raw wastewater to flow out onto the street or ground.
Overflow Manhole
Terminal Manhole
Surcharge Manhole
Storm Water Inlet
49. Water that does not contain objectionable pollution - contamination - minerals - or infective agents and is considered satisfactory for drinking.
Potable Water
environmental inventory
City Beautiful Movement
Acidic
50. A holding basin in which variations in flow and composition of a liquid are averaged. Such basins are used to provide a flow of reasonably uniform volume and composition to a treatment unit. Also called a balancing reservoir.
Equalizing Basin
Two-Way Cleanout
Surface Runoff
open space