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Civil Engineering Vocab

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1. A large - public park - often highly scenic and isolated belonging to and operated by the federal government.






2. Material used to fill in a trench or excavation






3. Shoring members placed across a trench to hold other horizontal and vertical shoring members in place.






4. 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






5. A sewer designed to carry both sanitary wastewaters and storm or surface water runoff.






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






7. Water that may contain objectionable pollution - contamination - minerals - or infective agents and is considered unsafe and/or unpalatable for drinking.






8. A device that admits surface waters to the storm water drainage system. Also see CURB INLET and CATCH BASIN.






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






10. The property of a material or soil that permits considerable movement of water through it when it is saturated.






11. 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.






12. A site that might appear to be natural but has elements and features that were planned and specified by a landscape architect. Designed landscapes include Central Park in New York to the siting of buildings.






13. 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






14. 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






15. Elements added to a natural landscape - such as paving stones - gravel - walkways - irrigation systems - roads - retaining walls - sculpture - street amenities - fountains - and other mechanical features.






16. 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.






17. The natural elements with which landscape architects work - such as plant materials and the soil itself.






18. A type of easement granting permission to a constructor or developer to build over a street or structure.






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.






20. The used household water and watercarried solids that flow in sewers to a wastewater treatment plant. The preferred term is WASTEWATER.






21. 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.






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






23. The lowest point of the channel inside a pipe - conduit - or canal.






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






25. Branch or lateral sewers that collect wastewater from building sewers and service lines.






26. Water that does not contain objectionable pollution - contamination - minerals - or infective agents and is considered satisfactory for drinking.






27. 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






28. Post at which the railing terminates at each floor level.






29. A groundwater table that has seasonal changes in depth or elevation.






30. 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






31. 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.






32. 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






33. 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.'






34. 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.






35. American Society for Testing and Materials






36. The science and management of land - especially rural - agricultural land.






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






38. A railing composed of balusters capped by a handrail.






39. 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






40. 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






41. A trained builder or installer of landscapes - retained to implement the plans of landscape architects.






42. The linear or a real dimension over which a higher component transmits load to a lower component






43. The pipe system for collecting and carrying water and watercarried wastes from domestic and industrial sources to a wastewater treatment plant.






44. 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.






45. A system of major sewers serving as transporting lines and not as local or lateral sewers.






46. 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






47. Masonry composed of irregularly shaped stones laid without regularity of coursing - but well bonded.






48. 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






49. 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.






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