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Civil Engineering Vocab
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1. The upper surface of the zone of saturation of groundwater in an unconfined aquifer.
parkway
conservation plan
Water Table
Check Valve
2. British thermal units; the quantity of thermal energy required to raise one pound of water at its maximum density - 1 degree F. One BTU is equivalent to .293 watt hours - or 252 calories. One kilowatt hour is equivalent to 3412 BTU Back Pressure (wat
B T U
Bedding
Supersaturated
Day Tank
3. 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
Supersaturated
Surface Runoff
Collection System
Grease Trap
4. The pipe system for collecting and carrying water and watercarried wastes from domestic and industrial sources to a wastewater treatment plant.
Activated Sludge Process
new town
Wastewater Collection System
Wasteline Cleanout
5. 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.
Artificial Groundwater Table
contour
Angle Post
open space
6. Any designated use or activity on a piece of land.
Storm Water Inlet
Outlet
Bearing
land use
7. 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
Council of Landscape Architecture Registration Boards (CLARB)
Splash Pad
Combined Sewer
8. 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.
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Curb inlet
Nonpotable
Walers
9. A biological wastewater treatment process which speeds up the decomposition of wastes in the wastewater being treated. Activated sludge is added to wastewater and the mixture (mixed liquor) is aerated and agitated. After some time in the aeration tan
Activated Sludge Process
Absorption Capacity
CADD
Deadend Manhole
10. The movement of water through very small spaces due to molecular forces.
Lift Station
Council of Landscape Architecture Registration Boards (CLARB)
Capillary Action
Absorption
11. A wastewater pumping station that lifts the wastewater to a higher elevation when continuing the sewer at reasonable slopes would involve excessive depths of trench. Also - an installation of pumps that raise wastewater from areas too low to drain in
site plan
Lift Station
master plan
Acidic
12. A line from which heights and depths are calculated or measured. Also called a datum plane or a datum level.
Datum Line
Interconnector
Lift Station
building (construction) permit
13. A wall that supports any vertical load in addition to its own weight.
Bearing
Bearing Wall
Service Pipe
Clear Well
14. The natural elements with which landscape architects work - such as plant materials and the soil itself.
Aeration
softscape
landscape architecture registration
Deadend Manhole
15. A downspout or pipe installed to drain a roof gutter to a storm drain or other means of disposal.
Groundwater
Storm Water Inlet
Roof Leader
landscape contractor
16. Narrowly defined - an extended view or prospect from a site which - many times - is as important as or more important than the site itself.
Catch Basin
view
Surcharge
Balustrade
17. The condition of water or soil which contains a sufficient amount of acid substances to lower the pH below 7.0.
Saturated Soil
cost-benefit analysis
Wastewater Collection System
Acidic
18. An opening or point of access in a building wastewater pipe system for rodding or snake operation.
Stratification
landscape architecture
Wasteline Cleanout
site plan
19. 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.
softscape
Gravity Flow
Angle Post
Interceptor
20. A community's used water and water carried solids (including used water from industrial processes) that flow to a treatment plant. Storm water - surface water - and groundwater infiltration also may be included in the wastewater that enters a wastewa
Shear Wall
Wastewater
Supersaturated
Baffle
21. A railing composed of balusters capped by a handrail.
softscape
Bearing
Balustrade
base plan
22. A device that admits surface waters to the storm water drainage system. Also see CURB INLET and CATCH BASIN.
landscape architecture
National Park Service (NPS)
Storm Water Inlet
Aeration
23. 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).
Check Valve
Absorption
Oxidation Ditch
City Beautiful Movement
24. Precipitation which has been rendered (made) acidic by airborne pollutants.
Acid Rain
Artificial Groundwater Table
Oxidation Ditch
Cross Braces
25. An arrangement of pipes - equipment - devices - tanks and structures for treating wastewater and industrial wastes. A water pollution control plant.
conservation plan
Wastewater Treatment Plant
conservation
Handhole Trap
26. A professional society that represents landscape architects in the United States and Canada and seeks to better the practice and understanding of landscape architecture through education - research - state registration and other programs.
ecology
Settlement
Bearing
American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA)
27. A sewer designed to carry both sanitary wastewaters and storm or surface water runoff.
Permeability
Adhesion
Combined System
Impermeable
28. The creative illustration - planning and specification of space for the greatest possible amount of harmony - utility - value and beauty.
Manifold
environmental inventory
design
Interconnector
29. The angle between a horizontal line andthe slope or surface of unsupported material such as gravel - sand -or loose soil. Also called the 'natural slope.'
Wastewater
Grade
Angle of Repose
Sewer
30. Water that may contain objectionable pollution - contamination - minerals - or infective agents and is considered unsafe and/or unpalatable for drinking.
Selector
Laundering Weir
Nonpotable
Bearing Wall
31. This landscape architecture specialization has evolved to encompass maintenance of a site in its present condition; conservation of a site as part of a larger area of historic importance; restoration of a site to a given date or quality; renovation o
Vault
Collection Main
master plan
historic preservation
32. A small box-like structure that contains valves used to regulate flows.
Axial Load
Vault
Manhole
Absorption Capacity
33. Masonry composed of roughly shaped stones fitting approximately on level beds - well bonded and brought at vertical intervals to continuous level beds of courses.
Sewer Main
Aeration
Pump Station
Rubble - Coursed
34. 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.
agronomy
Deadend Manhole
Equalizing Basin
Artificial Groundwater Table
35. A flat board or plate - deflector - guide or similar device constructed or placed in flowing water or slurry systems to cause more uniform flow velocities - to absorb energy - and to divert - guide - or agitate liquids (water - chemical solutions - s
Baffle
site plan
landscape architect
Trunk System
36. A strip of unspoiled - often treed - agricultural or other outlying land used to separate or ring urban areas.
Main Sewer
parkway
greenbelt
Shear Wall
37. 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.
Runoff
Secondary Treatment
Hydrostatic Pressure
Potable Water
38. 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
Soil Displacement
Deadend Manhole
A S T M
Select Backfill
39. The used household water and watercarried solids that flow in sewers to a wastewater treatment plant. The preferred term is WASTEWATER.
landscape contractor
Angle of Repose
Sewage
City Beautiful Movement
40. In landscape architecture - an essential sheet showing site boundaries and significant site features - used as a basis for subsequent plan development.
Riprap
base plan
Cross Braces
Select Backfill
41. A structure made of concrete or other durable material to protect bare soil from erosion by splashing or falling water.
landscape contractor
ground water
Splash Pad
open space
42. 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.
Sewer
Saturated Soil
City Beautiful Movement
environmental impact
43. 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.
Rubble - Random
Lift Station
site plan
American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA)
44. 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.
parkway
open space
Baffle
Compaction
45. 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
Angle Post
Liquefaction
landscape architecture
Sanitary Sewer
46. Load applied along or parallel to and concentric with the primary axis
Axial Load
Easement
Bearing Wall
Chain of Custody
47. A structure or chamber which is usually sunk or lowered by digging from the inside. Used to gain access to the bottom of a stream or other body of water.
Splash Pad
Sedimentation Basin
Interconnector
Caisson
48. The process of adding air to water. Air can be added to water by either passing air through water or passing water through air. In wastewater treatment - air is added to freshen wastewater and to keep solids in suspension. With mixtures of wastewater
Potable Water
Aeration
Trunk Sewer
Overflow Manhole
49. 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.
American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA)
zoning
Service Pipe
Permeability
50. Opening in a sewer provided for the purpose of permitting operators or equipment to enter or leave a sewer. Sometimes called an 'access hole' or a 'maintenance hole.'
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Combined System
Interceptor
Manhole