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Civil Engineering Vocab
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1. The amount of liquid which a solid material can absorb. Sand - as an example - can hold approximately onethird of its volume in water - or three cubic feet of dry sand can contain one cubic foot of water. A denser soil - such as clay - can hold much
Absorption Capacity
Roof Leader
Sanitary Sewer
Overflow Manhole
2. A line from which heights and depths are calculated or measured. Also called a datum plane or a datum level.
Datum Line
Infiltrated Debris
Absorption Capacity
Interceptor
3. Material used for backfilling a trench or excavation which was not the original material removed during excavation. This is a common practice where tests on the original material show it to have poor compactability or load capacity. Also called BORRO
Septic Tank
Acidic
Imported Backfill
Council of Landscape Architecture Registration Boards (CLARB)
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
Retention
Bearing
drainage
Manifold
5. One or a series of oneinch diameter holes through a manhole lid for purposes of venting dangerous gases found in sewers.
Manhole Vents
Clear Well
scenic easement
Manhole
6. 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
drainage
Two-Way Cleanout
landscape architecture
Sanitary Sewer
7. 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.
Newel Post
built environment
Manhole Vents
Supersaturated
8. American Society for Testing and Materials
landscape architecture
Wasteline Cleanout
A S T M
Collection Main
9. 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
Surface Runoff
Rubble - Random
Datum Line
National Park Service (NPS)
10. A legal means of protecting beautiful views and associated aesthetic quality along a site by restricting change in existing features without government approval.
scenic easement
Storm Water Inlet
Catch Basin
master plan
11. 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
Surface Runoff
Imported Backfill
conservation
International Federation of Landscape Architects (IFLA)
12. 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.
Stratification
City Beautiful Movement
Compaction Test
Two-Way Cleanout
13. A sewer pipe to which building laterals are connected. Also called a COLLECTION MAIN.
Sewer Main
Absorption Capacity
Artificial Groundwater Table
Caisson
14. Masonry composed of roughly shaped stones - well bonded and brought at irregular intervals vertically to discontinuous but approximately level beds or courses.
National Park Service (NPS)
Rubble - Random
Select Backfill
planning
15. 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
agronomy
Axial Load
landscape architect
Curb Stop
16. The force that resists the separation of two bodies in contact.
built environment
Invert
Clear Well
Adhesion
17. A record of each person involved in the handling and possession of a sample from the person who collected the sample to the person who analyzed the sample in the laboratory and to the person who witnessed disposal of the sample.
master plan
grade
Chain of Custody
Lift Station
18. A water treatment process in which solid particles settle out of the water being treated in a large clarifier or sedimentation basin.
Manhole
Artesian
Datum Line
Sedimentation
19. 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.
conservation
land trust
Sewage
Estimated Flow
20. Water that may contain objectionable pollution - contamination - minerals - or infective agents and is considered unsafe and/or unpalatable for drinking.
Nonpotable
Backfill
Supersaturated
American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA)
21. 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.
Overflow Manhole
Combined Sewer
zoning
Saturated Soil
22. 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.
Council of Landscape Architecture Registration Boards (CLARB)
Axial Load
Wastewater Treatment Plant
Lateral Sewer
23. A manhole located at the upstream end of a sewer and having no inlet pipe. Also called a DEADEND MANHOLE.
Terminal Manhole
Soil Pipe
easement
Mail Line
24. Regulations specifying the type of construction methods and materials that are allowable on a project.
open space
building codes
Manhole Vents
master plan
25. Sand - silt - gravel and rocks carried or washed into a collection system by infiltration water flows.
cost-benefit analysis
Council of Landscape Architecture Registration Boards (CLARB)
Roof Leader
Infiltrated Debris
26. A capped opening in a building lateral -usually located on the property line - through which the pipelines can be cleaned.
Hydrostatic Pressure
Runoff
Lateral Cleanout
Splash Pad
27. 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
Wastewater Collection System
Nonpotable
Impermeable
28. Sedimentation basin overflow weir. A plate with Vnotches along the top to ensure a uniform flow rate and avoid shortcircuiting.
A S T M
Curb Stop
Laundering Weir
Bureau of Land Management (BLM)
29. A strip of unspoiled - often treed - agricultural or other outlying land used to separate or ring urban areas.
greenbelt
planned unit development (PUD)
Elevation
Laundering Weir
30. 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.
Caisson
Collection System
Imported Backfill
Main Sewer
31. An opening or point of access in a building wastewater pipe system for rodding or snake operation.
Wasteline Cleanout
Storm Water Inlet
Elevation
topography
32. 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.
topography
natural resources
Mail Line
Wastewater
33. Material used to provide a bedding or foundation for pipes or other underground structures. This material is of specified quality for desirable bedding or other characteristics and is often imported from a different location.
Shear Wall
Equalizing Basin
Outlet
Select Bedding
34. 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
environmental design professions
Aeration
Rubble - Random
Forest Service
35. 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
contour
Pump Station
Earth Shift
landscape contractor
36. A break in a lateral pipe somewhere between the sewer main and the building connection.
environmental inventory
topography
CADD
Lateral Break
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.
Catch Basin
Curb inlet
ecology
Hydrostatic Pressure
38. A material - other than aggregate - cementitious material or water - added in small quantities to the mix in order to produce some (desired) modifications - either to the properties of the mix or of the hardened product.
Admixture
environmental impact
CADD
Lateral Break
39. An arrangement of pipes - equipment - devices - tanks and structures for treating wastewater and industrial wastes. A water pollution control plant.
Impermeable
Service Pipe
Wastewater Treatment Plant
manipulation of space
40. A device made of pipe fittings used to prevent sewer gases escaping from the branch or lateral sewer from entering a building sewer.
Day Tank
Storm Water
Handhole Trap
Combined System
41. 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.
Artesian
Datum Line
Activated Sludge Process
Subsidence
42. A device that admits surface waters to the storm water drainage system. Also see CURB INLET and CATCH BASIN.
Rubble - Random
Baffle
Storm Water Inlet
conservation
43. 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).
Absorption
Trunk System
Storm Sewer
open space
44. A U.S. government agency charged with administering vast areas of public land.
Storm Runoff
Bureau of Land Management (BLM)
Settlement
zoning
45. The pipe system for collecting and carrying water and watercarried wastes from domestic and industrial sources to a wastewater treatment plant.
Easement
Wastewater Collection System
Surcharge
Bearing Wall
46. In the United States - a certification of individuals entitled to use the term 'landscape architect' or to practice landscape architecture or both - by means of examination and required degree and experience criteria.
grade
view
Wastewater Facilities
landscape architecture registration
47. The lowest point of the channel inside a pipe - conduit - or canal.
landscape architect
Select Bedding
Invert
Retention
48. Legal right to use the property of others for a specific purpose. For example - a utility company may have a fivefoot easement along the property line of a home. This gives the utility the legal right to install and maintain a sewer line within the e
cost-benefit analysis
Angle Post
Day Tank
Easement
49. 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.
site plan
Liquefaction
Equalizing Basin
Estimated Flow
50. The man-made creation of or alterations to a specific area - including its natural resources. This is in contrast to the 'natural environment.'
built environment
Soil Pipe
Collection Main
Compaction