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Civil Engineering Vocab
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1. 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.
Two-Way Cleanout
Interconnector
site plan
Runoff
2. Downward movement of the soil or of a structure which it supports
B T U
planned unit development (PUD)
Settlement
Adsorption
3. A groundwater table that has seasonal changes in depth or elevation.
Secondary Treatment
Interconnector
Trunk Sewer
Seasonal Water Table
4. 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.
City Beautiful Movement
Laundering Weir
Lateral Sewer
Caisson
5. 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.
Potable Water
base plan
Angle Post
Storm Water
6. 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
Adsorption
cost-benefit analysis
International Federation of Landscape Architects (IFLA)
Sewer
7. A small tank (usually covered) or a storage facility used to store water for a home or farm. Often used to store rainwater.
Clear Well
Cistern
master plan
Admixture
8. 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.
Sedimentation Basin
Trunk System
Equalizing Basin
easement
9. Water or wastewater flowing from a higher elevation to a lower elevation due to the force of gravity. The water does not flow due to energy provided by a pump. Wherever possible - wastewater collection systems are designed to use the force of gravity
Wastewater
Gravity Flow
Sanitary Sewer
Check Valve
10. 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
Overflow Manhole
Acid Rain
Surface Runoff
Absorption
11. 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.
topography
national park
Forest Service
Wastewater
12. The condition of water or soil which contains a sufficient amount of acid substances to lower the pH below 7.0.
Sewer
Acidic
ground water
Saturated Soil
13. The change to an area's natural resources - including animal and plant life - resulting from use by man. Some projects may require conducting of an 'environmental impact study' before development can proceed.
manipulation of space
environmental impact
A S T M
Walers
14. The creative illustration - planning and specification of space for the greatest possible amount of harmony - utility - value and beauty.
design
Manhole Bedding
planning
Soil Displacement
15. A wall that supports any vertical load in addition to its own weight.
Bearing Wall
Axial Load
base plan
Infiltrated Debris
16. 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
Combined Sewer
Secondary Treatment
environmental design professions
easement
17. Subsurface water in the saturation zone from which wells and springs are fed. In a strict sense the term applies only to water below the water table. Also called 'phreatic water' and 'plerotic water.'
Groundwater
Forest Service
Invert
Weir
18. A branch of biology dealing with the relationship between living things and their environment.
cost-benefit analysis
ecology
agronomy
Sewer Main
19. 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
landscape architecture
Grade
Estimated Flow
Gravity Flow
20. 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.'
planning
Day Tank
Manhole
easement
21. 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.
Trunk Sewer
grade
landscape architecture
American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA)
22. 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.
landscape architect
Vault
Admixture
Riprap
23. A natural underground layer of porous - waterbearing materials (sand - gravel) usually capable of yielding a large amount or supply of water.
Storm Runoff
Aquifer
Hydrostatic Pressure
Sewer Main
24. Material used in backfilling of an excavation - selected for desirable compaction or other characteristics.
built environment
Select Backfill
Trunk System
Water Table
25. The running off of water from a land surface or subsurface - such as through sewers or natural means.
drainage
Datum Line
Riprap
reclamation
26. 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
Chain of Custody
grade
National Park Service (NPS)
new town
27. An opening or point of access in a building wastewater pipe system for rodding or snake operation.
Handhole Trap
Groundwater
Roof Leader
Wasteline Cleanout
28. 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
Wastewater
Clear Well
Invert
Collection Main
29. 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.
Settlement
environmental inventory
grade
contour
30. Narrowly defined - an extended view or prospect from a site which - many times - is as important as or more important than the site itself.
view
B T U
Compaction
Estimated Flow
31. The linear or a real dimension over which a higher component transmits load to a lower component
Bearing
Manhole Vents
Surcharge
Wastewater
32. A manhole located at the upstream end of a sewer and having no inlet pipe. Also called a TERMINAL MANHOLE.
building (construction) permit
Deadend Manhole
Manifold
landscape architecture
33. 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.
Interceptor
land trust
Nonpotable
environmental impact
34. 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
Interconnector
cost-benefit analysis
Trunk System
Soil Displacement
35. The pipe system for collecting and carrying water and watercarried wastes from domestic and industrial sources to a wastewater treatment plant.
Sediment
Artesian
Wastewater Collection System
Soil Pipe
36. The natural elements with which landscape architects work - such as plant materials and the soil itself.
building (construction) permit
Caisson
Adsorption
softscape
37. A line from which heights and depths are calculated or measured. Also called a datum plane or a datum level.
Walers
Check Valve
Settlement
Datum Line
38. In landscape architecture - a study of the potential cost of site purchase - demolition and improvement in comparison to the income or other benefit to be derived from site development.
drainage
Sewer Main
cost-benefit analysis
landscape architecture
39. The protection - improvement and use of natural resources according to principles that will assure the highest economic or social benefits for people and the environment now and in the future.
hardscape
conservation
Sedimentation Basin
Walers
40. The conversion of large solid particles of sludge into very fine particles which either dissolve or remain suspended in wastewater.
Bearing
Liquefaction
Vault
agronomy
41. Harmonious use of the land for more than one purpose; not necessarily the combination of uses that will yield the highest economic return - e.g. - a mix of residential and commercial developments in the same area.
multiple use
landscape architecture
Nonpotable
environmental inventory
42. A wall that resist horizontal forces applied in the plane of the wall.
Selector
landscape contractor
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Shear Wall
43. 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.
Sediment
Curb inlet
Absorption
Main Sewer
44. A device that admits surface waters to the storm water drainage system. Also see CURB INLET and CATCH BASIN.
environmental impact
design
Storm Water Inlet
Oxidation Ditch
45. A water treatment process in which solid particles settle out of the water being treated in a large clarifier or sedimentation basin.
master plan
Sedimentation
Vault
Bedding
46. A sewer designed to carry both sanitary wastewaters and storm or surface water runoff.
Combined System
Aquifer
Impermeable
Curb Stop
47. A sewer that receives wastewater from many tributary branches or sewers and serves a large territory and contributing population.
Subsidence
Supersaturated
Trunk Sewer
Surcharge
48. Solid material settled from suspension in a liquid.
Sediment
Water Table
Wasteline Vent
easement
49. 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
Surface Runoff
Easement
built environment
Walers
50. The legal grant of right-of-use to an area of designated private property.
Storm Collection System
manipulation of space
easement
Potable Water