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Civil Engineering Vocab

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






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






3. A type of wastewater or service connection pipe made of a low grade of cast iron. _ In plumbing - a pipe that carries the discharge of toilets or similar fixtures - with or without the discharges from other fixtures.






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






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






6. Broken stones - boulders - or other materials placed compactly or irregularly on levees or dikes for the protection of earth surfaces against the erosive action of waves.






7. An agency of the U.S. Department of the Interior charged with the planning and administration of all parks and monuments in the federal park system. The NPS is often referred to as the largest single employer of landscape architects in the United Sta






8. 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.






9. 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.






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






11. 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.






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






13. In landscape architecture - an essential sheet showing site boundaries and significant site features - used as a basis for subsequent plan development.






14. The elements of supply inherent to an area that can be used to satisfy human needs - including air - soil - water - native vegetation - minerals and wildlife.






15. A collection pipe to which building laterals are connected.






16. 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.






17. 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






18. 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.






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






20. Tamping or rolling of a material to achieve a surface or density that is able to support predicted loads.






21. 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.






22. A structure made of concrete or other durable material to protect bare soil from erosion by splashing or falling water.






23. The protection - improvement and use of natural resources according to principles that will assure the highest economic or social benefits for people and the environment now and in the future.






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






25. A U.S. government agency responsible for developing and enforcing regulations that guide the use of land and natural resources.






26. A sewer line that receives wastewater from many tributary branches and sewer lines and serves as an outlet for a large territory or is used to feed an intercepting sewer.






27. American Society for Testing and Materials






28. The amount of runoff that reaches the point of measurement within a relatively short period of time after the occurrence of a storm or other form of precipitation. Also called 'direct runoff.'






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






30. 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.






31. 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






32. 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.






33. A coordinating agency formed in 1961 for state boards that administer licensing exams and maintain records for landscape architects to practice.






34. 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






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






36. Sedimentation basin overflow weir. A plate with Vnotches along the top to ensure a uniform flow rate and avoid shortcircuiting.






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






38. 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






39. The pipes - conduits - structures - equipment - and processes required to collect - convey - and treat domestic and industrial wastes - and dispose of the effluent and sludge.






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






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






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






43. 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






44. 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






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






46. A septic tank or other holding tank which serves as a temporary wastewater storage reservoir for a Septic Tank Effluent Pump (STEP) system. See SEPTIC TANK.






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






48. A dimensioned drawing indicating the form of an existing area and the physical objects existing in it and those to be built or installed upon it.






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






50. 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.







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