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Civil Engineering Vocab
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1. An opening in pipes or sewers designed for rodding or working a snake into the pipe in either direction. Twoway cleanouts are most often found in building lateral pipes at or near a property line.
Walers
Admixture
Baluster
Two-Way Cleanout
2. 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
Aeration
ground water
Surface Runoff
designed landscape
3. 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.
Supersaturated
Oxidation Ditch
Interceptor
Mail Line
4. 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
Clear Well
Retention
Sedimentation Basin
Shear Wall
5. 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.'
Wastewater Facilities
grade
Sedimentation
Surcharge Manhole
6. A coordinating agency formed in 1961 for state boards that administer licensing exams and maintain records for landscape architects to practice.
Surcharge Manhole
conservation
Combined System
Council of Landscape Architecture Registration Boards (CLARB)
7. 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
Sedimentation Basin
softscape
Elevation
Surcharge
8. Masonry composed of roughly shaped stones - well bonded and brought at irregular intervals vertically to discontinuous but approximately level beds or courses.
Liquefaction
Stratification
Rubble - Random
Deadend Manhole
9. A railing composed of balusters capped by a handrail.
Curb Stop
Balustrade
cost-benefit analysis
Bearing
10. A road laid through a garden or park-like landscape - usually with median and roadside plantings.
Check Valve
parkway
Baluster
national park
11. 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.
land use
Soil Displacement
Interconnector
Manhole Bedding
12. Sedimentation basin overflow weir. A plate with Vnotches along the top to ensure a uniform flow rate and avoid shortcircuiting.
Retention
Infiltrated Debris
Manhole Vents
Laundering Weir
13. In landscape architecture - an essential sheet showing site boundaries and significant site features - used as a basis for subsequent plan development.
Surcharge Manhole
Lateral Break
Cistern
base plan
14. 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
Manhole Bedding
Groundwater
Cross Braces
Pump Station
15. A chamber or well built at the curbline of a street to admit gutter flow to the storm water drainage system. Also see STORM WATER INLET and CATCH BASIN.
Manifold
Stratification
Curb inlet
Invert
16. 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
Imported Backfill
Artificial Groundwater Table
Potable Water
Settlement
17. The elevation of the invert (or bottom) of a pipeline - canal - culvert - or similar conduit. _ The inclination or slope of a pipeline - conduit - stream channel - or natural ground surface; usually expressed in terms of the ratio or percentage of nu
Wastewater Treatment Plant
conservation
Grade
drainage
18. 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.
Angle Post
ecology
Subsidence
greenbelt
19. 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.
Manhole Vents
Absorption Capacity
Stratification
open space
20. 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
Oxidation Ditch
land use
landscape architecture
conservation plan
21. The pipes - conduits - structures - equipment - and processes required to collect - convey - and treat domestic and industrial wastes - and dispose of the effluent and sludge.
Sedimentation Basin
Septic Tank
Surface Runoff
Wastewater Facilities
22. 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.
land trust
natural resources
Angle of Repose
Backfill
23. A water treatment process in which solid particles settle out of the water being treated in a large clarifier or sedimentation basin.
Sedimentation
Rubble - Coursed
landscape architecture
Main Sewer
24. 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
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Sewage
Main Sewer
25. The dropping or lowering of the ground surface as a result of removing excess water (overdraft or overpumping) from an aquifer. After excess water has been removed - the soil will settle - become compacted and the ground surface will drop and can cau
Collection System
Wastewater Collection System
Subsidence
Artesian
26. A natural underground layer of porous - waterbearing materials (sand - gravel) usually capable of yielding a large amount or supply of water.
scenic easement
land use
Runoff
Aquifer
27. 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.
Caisson
Septic Tank
Datum Line
contour
28. 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.
Manhole Bedding
grade
Forest Service
open space
29. The upper surface of the zone of saturation of groundwater in an unconfined aquifer.
Water Table
Secondary Treatment
International Federation of Landscape Architects (IFLA)
Day Tank
30. 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.
Estimated Flow
site plan
Liquefaction
Groundwater
31. 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.
environmental design professions
Main Sewer
Shear Wall
International Federation of Landscape Architects (IFLA)
32. That part of rain or other precipitation that runs off the surface of a drainage area and does not enter the soil or the sewer system as inflow.
Runoff
Combined Sewer
Elevation
Water Table
33. Narrowly defined - the amount of countryside and/or city that can be taken in at a glance. Also - an area of land or water taken in the aggregate.
Collection Main
Pump Station
landscape
Manhole
34. Landscape architecture - (civil) engineering - urban planning and architecture. Agronomy is also often included in this group.
historic preservation
Aquifer
environmental design professions
Groundwater
35. 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
Sewer
Pump Station
Seasonal Water Table
Weir
36. A tank used to store a chemical solution of known concentration for feed to a chemical feeder. A day tank usually stores sufficient chemical solution to properly treat the water being treated for at least one day. Also called an AGE TANK.
Capillary Action
Day Tank
Absorption Capacity
Infiltrated Debris
37. 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.
cost-benefit analysis
A S T M
Sewage
Sedimentation Basin
38. Shoring members placed across a trench to hold other horizontal and vertical shoring members in place.
Cross Braces
landscape contractor
Newel Post
Manhole
39. A pipe or conduit that carries wastewater or drainage water. The term 'collection line' is often used also.
Manhole
Sewer
Lateral Break
planned unit development (PUD)
40. A line from which heights and depths are calculated or measured. Also called a datum plane or a datum level.
Lateral Cleanout
Select Bedding
Datum Line
Wastewater Collection System
41. 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
Forest Service
Oxidation Ditch
Clear Well
Lateral Break
42. 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
Housing and Urban Development - Department of (HUD)
Lateral Break
Selector
Artificial Groundwater Table
43. 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.
landscape architecture registration
Artificial Groundwater Table
Saturated Soil
conservation
44. A structure made of concrete or other durable material to protect bare soil from erosion by splashing or falling water.
Splash Pad
Impermeable
softscape
ground water
45. 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.
Storm Water Inlet
Gravity Flow
Lateral Sewer
Outlet
46. 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.
Vault
Potable Water
land use
Equalizing Basin
47. A wall that supports any vertical load in addition to its own weight.
Collection System
Bearing Wall
Sedimentation Basin
Potable Water
48. Masonry composed of irregularly shaped stones laid without regularity of coursing - but well bonded.
Curb Stop
Stratification
Vault
Rubble - Ordinary
49. One or a series of oneinch diameter holes through a manhole lid for purposes of venting dangerous gases found in sewers.
Manhole Vents
scenic easement
Interconnector
Aquifer
50. 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
Riprap
Artesian
Soil Displacement
Lateral Cleanout