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1. The property of a material or soil that permits considerable movement of water through it when it is saturated.
Admixture
Infiltrated Debris
Permeability
Walers
2. OE The pressure at a specific elevation exerted by a body of water at rest - or _ In the case of groundwater - the pressure at a specific elevation due to the weight of water at higher levels in the same zone of saturation.
Hydrostatic Pressure
Sedimentation Basin
Trunk Sewer
Absorption
3. The excess water running off from the surface of a drainage area during and immediately after a period of rain. See STORM RUNOFF.
Elevation
Overflow Manhole
historic preservation
Storm Water
4. 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.
Manhole
Wastewater Treatment Plant
master plan
Surcharge
5. Masonry composed of irregularly shaped stones laid without regularity of coursing - but well bonded.
Combined System
Interconnector
Rubble - Ordinary
Axial Load
6. A railing composed of balusters capped by a handrail.
Balustrade
City Beautiful Movement
Compaction
Gravity Flow
7. Sand - silt - gravel and rocks carried or washed into a collection system by infiltration water flows.
Compaction
Nonpotable
Two-Way Cleanout
Infiltrated Debris
8. A receptacle designed to collect and retain grease and fatty substances usually found in kitchens or from similar wastes. It is installed in the drainage system between the kitchen or other point of production of the waste and the building wastewater
base plan
International Federation of Landscape Architects (IFLA)
Balustrade
Grease Trap
9. A sewer that receives wastewater from many tributary branches or sewers and serves a large territory and contributing population.
Trunk Sewer
Water Table
Wastewater Collection System
Interconnector
10. 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.
Grade
Manhole
Soil Pipe
CADD
11. A pipe or conduit that carries wastewater or drainage water. The term 'collection line' is often used also.
Runoff
view
natural resources
Sewer
12. 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
Angle of Repose
natural resources
reclamation
Secondary Treatment
13. Masonry composed of roughly shaped stones - well bonded and brought at irregular intervals vertically to discontinuous but approximately level beds or courses.
Storm Runoff
Rubble - Random
Weir
Roof Leader
14. A plan for conserving or protecting various natural or manufactured resources. Such a plan is used as a management tool in making decisions regarding soil - water - vegetation - manufactured objects and other resources at a particular site.
Estimated Flow
Backfill
conservation plan
Housing and Urban Development - Department of (HUD)
15. The running off of water from a land surface or subsurface - such as through sewers or natural means.
Liquefaction
Acidic
Septic Tank
drainage
16. 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.'
Catch Basin
Surcharge Manhole
City Beautiful Movement
Soil Pipe
17. A small tank (usually covered) or a storage facility used to store water for a home or farm. Often used to store rainwater.
Water Table
Cistern
landscape architecture
Weir
18. A sewer pipe to which building laterals are connected. Also called a COLLECTION MAIN.
Sewer Main
planned unit development (PUD)
Curb Stop
Combined System
19. The conversion of large solid particles of sludge into very fine particles which either dissolve or remain suspended in wastewater.
Liquefaction
Soil Displacement
Rubble - Ordinary
Terminal Manhole
20. 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
Sedimentation
Compaction
environmental design professions
Collection System
21. Material used to fill in a trench or excavation
landscape architect
Curb inlet
Datum Line
Backfill
22. 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.
Riprap
Baluster
Trunk Sewer
Soil Pipe
23. In landscape architecture - the organization of areas of land for specific aesthetic or functional purposes. This can range from creating small backyard patios to huge urban plazas.
design
Mail Line
manipulation of space
Grease Trap
24. 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.
planning
Aeration
land trust
Combined Sewer
25. 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.
International Federation of Landscape Architects (IFLA)
Lateral Break
Shear Wall
topography
26. A reservoir for the storage of filtered water of sufficient capacity to prevent the need to vary the filtration rate with variations in demand. Also used to provide chlorine contact time for disinfection.
Weir
Clear Well
Chain of Custody
Newel Post
27. Regulations specifying the type of construction methods and materials that are allowable on a project.
building codes
Easement
Acid Rain
greenbelt
28. 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.
Forest Service
Estimated Flow
Baffle
Sewage
29. 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.
Bureau of Land Management (BLM)
Forest Service
B T U
Manifold
30. A branch of biology dealing with the relationship between living things and their environment.
Bureau of Land Management (BLM)
landscape architecture registration
Housing and Urban Development - Department of (HUD)
ecology
31. 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
Sedimentation Basin
Storm Runoff
Estimated Flow
Adsorption
32. A manhole located at the upstream end of a sewer and having no inlet pipe. Also called a TERMINAL MANHOLE.
Deadend Manhole
Selector
landscape
Aquifer
33. An arrangement of pipes - equipment - devices - tanks and structures for treating wastewater and industrial wastes. A water pollution control plant.
Weir
Wastewater Treatment Plant
building (construction) permit
Laundering Weir
34. 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.
Wasteline Cleanout
parkway
Cross Braces
open space
35. The man-made creation of or alterations to a specific area - including its natural resources. This is in contrast to the 'natural environment.'
Adsorption
Stratification
built environment
landscape contractor
36. Load applied along or parallel to and concentric with the primary axis
Axial Load
Absorption Capacity
built environment
environmental inventory
37. 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
Absorption
planned unit development (PUD)
Pump Station
Artificial Groundwater Table
38. 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
manipulation of space
Gravity Flow
building (construction) permit
new town
39. A legal means of protecting beautiful views and associated aesthetic quality along a site by restricting change in existing features without government approval.
Shear Wall
Hydrostatic Pressure
scenic easement
Wastewater Facilities
40. The force that resists the separation of two bodies in contact.
Equalizing Basin
Adhesion
Council of Landscape Architecture Registration Boards (CLARB)
Potable Water
41. Downward movement of the soil or of a structure which it supports
planning
Day Tank
Settlement
Compaction Test
42. The condition of water or soil which contains a sufficient amount of acid substances to lower the pH below 7.0.
Acidic
Wastewater Collection System
Trunk System
manipulation of space
43. A road laid through a garden or park-like landscape - usually with median and roadside plantings.
Wastewater Treatment Plant
parkway
Gravity Flow
Day Tank
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.
Runoff
Caisson
grade
Pump Station
45. 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
base plan
Grease Trap
Council of Landscape Architecture Registration Boards (CLARB)
46. 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
Rubble - Ordinary
parkway
Sanitary Sewer
planned unit development (PUD)
47. The natural elements with which landscape architects work - such as plant materials and the soil itself.
softscape
Combined Sewer
Lateral Break
ground water
48. Water that does not contain objectionable pollution - contamination - minerals - or infective agents and is considered satisfactory for drinking.
Artificial Groundwater Table
Absorption
Potable Water
Lift Station
49. Post at which the railing terminates at each floor level.
Newel Post
Manhole
landscape contractor
view
50. Installation of pumps to lift wastewater to a higher elevation in places where flat land would require excessively deep sewer trenches. Also used to raise wastewater from areas too low to drain into available collection lines. These stations may be e
Manifold
Pump Station
Runoff
Bearing Wall
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