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Civil Engineering Vocab
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1. A large pipe to which a series of smaller pipes are connected. Also called a HEADER.
Backfill
Manifold
B T U
CADD
2. A capped opening in a building lateral -usually located on the property line - through which the pipelines can be cleaned.
American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA)
Lateral Cleanout
topography
Interconnector
3. Shoring members placed across a trench to hold other horizontal and vertical shoring members in place.
Lift Station
Collection Main
Cross Braces
Riprap
4. A chamber or well used with storm or combined sewers as a means of removing grit which might otherwise enter and be deposited in sewers. Also see STORM WATER INLET and CURB INLET.
Catch Basin
Sedimentation Basin
Trunk System
reclamation
5. 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.
environmental impact
Gravity Flow
Bearing
manipulation of space
6. 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
Select Backfill
Activated Sludge Process
Acidic
Sewer Main
7. A manhole in which the rate of the water entering is greater than the capacity of the outlet under gravity flow conditions. When the water in the manhole rises above the top of the outlet pipe - the manhole is said to be 'surcharged.'
Collection Main
Subsidence
Surcharge Manhole
new town
8. Record of an area's natural and man-made resources - including vegetation - animal life - geological characteristics and mankind's presence in such forms as housing - highways and even hazardous wastes.
environmental inventory
Rubble - Ordinary
Lateral Sewer
Activated Sludge Process
9. 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
landscape architect
Artificial Groundwater Table
Shear Wall
Estimated Flow
10. Sand - silt - gravel and rocks carried or washed into a collection system by infiltration water flows.
cost-benefit analysis
Infiltrated Debris
Aquifer
Walers
11. The lowest point of the channel inside a pipe - conduit - or canal.
Invert
Sewage
Wastewater Treatment Plant
agronomy
12. A pipe or conduit that carries wastewater or drainage water. The term 'collection line' is often used also.
Sewer
Curb Stop
National Park Service (NPS)
Pump Station
13. Any designated use or activity on a piece of land.
Wasteline Cleanout
land use
American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA)
Secondary Treatment
14. The pipeline extending from the water main to the building served or to the consumer's system.
Service Pipe
Compaction Test
Bearing Wall
Axial Load
15. 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
Vault
agronomy
Datum Line
16. Any method of determining the weight a compacted material is able to support without damage or displacement. Usually stated in pounds per square foot.
Axial Load
Pump Station
Wasteline Vent
Compaction Test
17. A U.S. government agency responsible for developing and enforcing regulations that guide the use of land and natural resources.
agronomy
topography
landscape architecture
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
18. 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.
Combined System
Service Pipe
Lateral Sewer
building (construction) permit
19. 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.
Riprap
Surcharge Manhole
Manhole Vents
Trunk System
20. 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.
Lift Station
Manifold
American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA)
Datum Line
21. 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.
Storm Runoff
Absorption
Estimated Flow
Storm Collection System
22. 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
Wastewater
Clear Well
Easement
Grade
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).
reclamation
Sewer Main
Adhesion
Absorption
24. 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.
Liquefaction
Hydrostatic Pressure
Collection System
Housing and Urban Development - Department of (HUD)
25. 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.
cost-benefit analysis
building codes
Equalizing Basin
Gravity Flow
26. A wall that supports any vertical load in addition to its own weight.
Seasonal Water Table
Bearing Wall
Handhole Trap
Storm Water
27. The linear or a real dimension over which a higher component transmits load to a lower component
Bearing
Storm Water Inlet
Wasteline Cleanout
Invert
28. The force that resists the separation of two bodies in contact.
Shear Wall
landscape architect
Adhesion
conservation
29. A special valve with a hinged disc or flap that opens in the direction of normal flow and is forced shut when flows attempt to go in the reverse or opposite direction of normal flows.
Supersaturated
historic preservation
Check Valve
Runoff
30. Tamping or rolling of a material to achieve a surface or density that is able to support predicted loads.
Angle Post
land trust
Compaction
view
31. 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.
Clear Well
scenic easement
Select Bedding
grade
32. The oxidation ditch is a modified form of the activated sludge process. The ditch consists of two channels placed side by side and connected at the ends to produce one continuous loop of wastewater flow and a brush rotator assembly placed across the
Aeration
multiple use
open space
Oxidation Ditch
33. 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.
Storm Collection System
Roof Leader
environmental inventory
Nonpotable
34. A downspout or pipe installed to drain a roof gutter to a storm drain or other means of disposal.
Liquefaction
land use
Roof Leader
Selector
35. 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.
Newel Post
hardscape
Balustrade
Cistern
36. Rain and snow water accumulated in the earth's porous rock.
view
Wastewater Collection System
ground water
Compaction
37. The property of a material or soil that permits considerable movement of water through it when it is saturated.
Permeability
Housing and Urban Development - Department of (HUD)
CADD
Lateral Cleanout
38. A small tank (usually covered) or a storage facility used to store water for a home or farm. Often used to store rainwater.
Storm Collection System
Oxidation Ditch
topography
Cistern
39. 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
Service Pipe
Overflow Manhole
Imported Backfill
Housing and Urban Development - Department of (HUD)
40. A manhole which fills and allows raw wastewater to flow out onto the street or ground.
Overflow Manhole
Wastewater
Wastewater Facilities
Surcharge Manhole
41. 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
Manifold
Baffle
Equalizing Basin
Roof Leader
42. 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.
Interconnector
Supersaturated
Catch Basin
historic preservation
43. An arrangement of pipes - equipment - devices - tanks and structures for treating wastewater and industrial wastes. A water pollution control plant.
Earth Shift
Rubble - Ordinary
base plan
Wastewater Treatment Plant
44. The legal grant of right-of-use to an area of designated private property.
grade
easement
landscape
Selector
45. The excess water running off from the surface of a drainage area during and immediately after a period of rain. See STORM RUNOFF.
Sedimentation
Storm Water
Terminal Manhole
Artesian
46. Solid material settled from suspension in a liquid.
reclamation
Collection Main
Sediment
Artesian
47. A collection pipe to which building laterals are connected.
Roof Leader
Wasteline Cleanout
contour
Collection Main
48. 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.
Aeration
view
Sewer
manipulation of space
49. A wall or plate placed in an open channel and used to measure the flow of water. The depth of the flow over the weir can be used to calculate the flow rate - or a chart or conversion table may be used to convert depth to flow. A wall or obstruction u
Weir
Sedimentation Basin
contour
open space
50. A natural underground layer of porous - waterbearing materials (sand - gravel) usually capable of yielding a large amount or supply of water.
Manhole Vents
Equalizing Basin
Aquifer
Bearing