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Civil Engineering Vocab
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1. A system of gutters - catch basins - yard drains - culverts and pipes for the purpose of conducting storm waters from an area - but intended to exclude domestic and industrial wastes.
Splash Pad
Storm Collection System
Vault
planning
2. An authorization issued by a government agency allowing construction of a project according to approved plans and specifications.
Elevation
building codes
Sewage
building (construction) permit
3. A line from which heights and depths are calculated or measured. Also called a datum plane or a datum level.
natural resources
Vault
Sediment
Datum Line
4. The pipe system for collecting and carrying water and watercarried wastes from domestic and industrial sources to a wastewater treatment plant.
Surcharge
Wastewater Collection System
Adhesion
Cistern
5. A sewer pipe to which building laterals are connected. Also called a COLLECTION MAIN.
Sewer Main
Sewer
cost-benefit analysis
Activated Sludge Process
6. 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.
drainage
Two-Way Cleanout
Selector
ground water
7. 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.
greenbelt
new town
Housing and Urban Development - Department of (HUD)
landscape
8. 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.
Imported Backfill
view
Hydrostatic Pressure
ecology
9. Shoring members placed across a trench to hold other horizontal and vertical shoring members in place.
Manhole Vents
Cross Braces
new town
Surcharge Manhole
10. The linear or a real dimension over which a higher component transmits load to a lower component
Curb inlet
cost-benefit analysis
Retention
Bearing
11. Sedimentation basin overflow weir. A plate with Vnotches along the top to ensure a uniform flow rate and avoid shortcircuiting.
Infiltrated Debris
Laundering Weir
Manhole Bedding
master plan
12. A separate pipe - conduit or open channel (sewer) that carries runoff from storms - surface drainage - and street wash - but does not include domestic and industrial wastes. Storm sewers are often the recipients of hazardous or toxic substances due t
Storm Sewer
Handhole Trap
environmental design professions
multiple use
13. 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
Subsidence
Adsorption
Artesian
air rights
14. 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
Angle of Repose
Rubble - Coursed
Artificial Groundwater Table
air rights
15. 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.
Impermeable
Sewer Main
zoning
Sedimentation
16. A manhole located at the upstream end of a sewer and having no inlet pipe. Also called a TERMINAL MANHOLE.
Check Valve
Deadend Manhole
Vault
reclamation
17. Branch or lateral sewers that collect wastewater from building sewers and service lines.
Equalizing Basin
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Lateral Break
Mail Line
18. A branch of biology dealing with the relationship between living things and their environment.
Baluster
ecology
landscape
Manifold
19. 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
Earth Shift
Wastewater
Wasteline Vent
Select Bedding
20. A preliminary plan showing proposed ultimate site development. Master plans often comprise site work that must be executed in phases over a long time and are thus subject to drastic modification.
Supersaturated
master plan
scenic easement
Manhole
21. Regulations specifying the type of construction methods and materials that are allowable on a project.
Baffle
Artificial Groundwater Table
Artesian
building codes
22. An opening or point of access in a building wastewater pipe system for rodding or snake operation.
Potable Water
Wasteline Cleanout
air rights
Hydrostatic Pressure
23. 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.
designed landscape
Council of Landscape Architecture Registration Boards (CLARB)
Combined Sewer
historic preservation
24. 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.
multiple use
Angle Post
Chain of Custody
base plan
25. 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.
design
site plan
Absorption
Wasteline Cleanout
26. 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
Artificial Groundwater Table
master plan
Adsorption
27. 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
Balustrade
Combined System
Easement
28. 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
building (construction) permit
Seasonal Water Table
Gravity Flow
Easement
29. An arrangement of pipes - equipment - devices - tanks and structures for treating wastewater and industrial wastes. A water pollution control plant.
Wastewater Treatment Plant
national park
Acidic
Interceptor
30. 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.'
Combined Wastewater
Storm Sewer
Sedimentation Basin
Angle of Repose
31. 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.
Lateral Sewer
Saturated Soil
base plan
Rubble - Coursed
32. 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.
Septic Tank
contour
Bearing
Groundwater
33. The creative illustration - planning and specification of space for the greatest possible amount of harmony - utility - value and beauty.
Weir
Baluster
design
Rubble - Ordinary
34. Downward movement of the soil or of a structure which it supports
Storm Water Inlet
Surcharge
Storm Runoff
Settlement
35. A downspout or pipe installed to drain a roof gutter to a storm drain or other means of disposal.
Roof Leader
Surcharge Manhole
Storm Runoff
Service Pipe
36. 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
Main Sewer
natural resources
conservation plan
National Park Service (NPS)
37. 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.
environmental inventory
Sewage
building (construction) permit
conservation
38. The lowest point of the channel inside a pipe - conduit - or canal.
Impermeable
Lateral Cleanout
Invert
Storm Water
39. Solid material settled from suspension in a liquid.
Sediment
Curb inlet
environmental design professions
Collection Main
40. Any attempt to restore to beneficial use land that has lost its fertility and stability; most often applies to mining reclamation - such as the restoration of strip mines and quarries.
Permeability
Walers
reclamation
Council of Landscape Architecture Registration Boards (CLARB)
41. 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.
Select Bedding
base plan
Walers
Angle Post
42. 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.
Balustrade
view
Supersaturated
Day Tank
43. In landscape architecture - the organization of areas of land for specific aesthetic or functional purposes. This can range from creating small backyard patios to huge urban plazas.
Soil Displacement
Storm Collection System
Permeability
manipulation of space
44. A mixture of storm or surface runoff and other wastewater such as domestic or industrial wastewater.
Combined Wastewater
Supersaturated
parkway
landscape contractor
45. 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.
City Beautiful Movement
CADD
Vault
land trust
46. The illustration and description of problem-statements and large-scale design solutions that affect extensive areas of land; the anticipation of problems that will be encountered as human use and development of land continues.
Storm Water Inlet
Earth Shift
ground water
planning
47. Any method of determining the weight a compacted material is able to support without damage or displacement. Usually stated in pounds per square foot.
building (construction) permit
Wastewater Collection System
designed landscape
Compaction Test
48. The property of a material or soil that permits considerable movement of water through it when it is saturated.
Permeability
Equalizing Basin
Elevation
Oxidation Ditch
49. 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.
Compaction Test
open space
scenic easement
Artesian
50. A device that admits surface waters to the storm water drainage system. Also see CURB INLET and CATCH BASIN.
Hydrostatic Pressure
A S T M
Select Backfill
Storm Water Inlet