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Civil Engineering Vocab
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1. 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
Datum Line
zoning
Baffle
2. Landscape architecture - (civil) engineering - urban planning and architecture. Agronomy is also often included in this group.
Sanitary Sewer
Collection System
environmental design professions
Check Valve
3. Sewers are surcharged when the supply of water to be carried is greater than the capacity of the pipes to carry the flow. The surface of the wastewater in manholes rises above the top of the sewer pipe - and the sewer is under pressure or a head - ra
Compaction Test
Surcharge
Riprap
Interconnector
4. The science and management of land - especially rural - agricultural land.
design
National Park Service (NPS)
greenbelt
agronomy
5. 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.
Capillary Action
manipulation of space
environmental inventory
Estimated Flow
6. A small box-like structure that contains valves used to regulate flows.
Permeability
Caisson
conservation
Vault
7. 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
Pump Station
Admixture
landscape architect
Artesian
8. A collection pipe to which building laterals are connected.
Collection Main
Aeration
landscape
Liquefaction
9. 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
Gravity Flow
Activated Sludge Process
Select Bedding
landscape
10. Material used in backfilling of an excavation - selected for desirable compaction or other characteristics.
Select Backfill
landscape
view
ground water
11. In landscape architecture - an essential sheet showing site boundaries and significant site features - used as a basis for subsequent plan development.
base plan
Collection Main
Nonpotable
Select Backfill
12. Water that does not contain objectionable pollution - contamination - minerals - or infective agents and is considered satisfactory for drinking.
drainage
Surcharge Manhole
Manifold
Potable Water
13. A receptacle designed to collect and retain grease and fatty substances usually found in kitchens or from similar wastes. It is installed in the drainage system between the kitchen or other point of production of the waste and the building wastewater
Baluster
Grease Trap
master plan
Walers
14. 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.
base plan
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Laundering Weir
American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA)
15. Regulations specifying the type of construction methods and materials that are allowable on a project.
building codes
Surface Runoff
Collection Main
reclamation
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.
building codes
Storm Collection System
Laundering Weir
Compaction Test
17. Narrowly defined - an extended view or prospect from a site which - many times - is as important as or more important than the site itself.
Storm Water Inlet
Weir
ecology
view
18. A device made of pipe fittings used to prevent sewer gases escaping from the branch or lateral sewer from entering a building sewer.
Mail Line
Riprap
Stratification
Handhole Trap
19. A legal means of protecting beautiful views and associated aesthetic quality along a site by restricting change in existing features without government approval.
Forest Service
landscape architect
Combined Wastewater
scenic easement
20. The excess water running off from the surface of a drainage area during and immediately after a period of rain. See STORM RUNOFF.
Outlet
Storm Water
Manifold
environmental inventory
21. A break in a lateral pipe somewhere between the sewer main and the building connection.
Lateral Break
Housing and Urban Development - Department of (HUD)
Terminal Manhole
greenbelt
22. 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
Aquifer
Shear Wall
Secondary Treatment
Sewer Main
23. 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.
Riprap
design
Day Tank
Service Pipe
24. A groundwater table that has seasonal changes in depth or elevation.
Bearing
open space
Trunk System
Seasonal Water Table
25. 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.'
Manhole
National Park Service (NPS)
land trust
Imported Backfill
26. 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.
American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA)
Equalizing Basin
Terminal Manhole
Lateral Break
27. Clarifier - Settling Tank. A tank or basin in which wastewater is held for a period of time during which the heavier solids settle to the bottom and the lighter materials float to the water surface.
Storm Collection System
Sedimentation Basin
parkway
Overflow Manhole
28. American Society for Testing and Materials
Sewage
Hydrostatic Pressure
A S T M
Trunk Sewer
29. 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.
Weir
natural resources
greenbelt
Retention
30. The movement of water through very small spaces due to molecular forces.
Rubble - Coursed
Trunk System
Saturated Soil
Capillary Action
31. The prepared and compacted base on which a manhole is constructed.
Manhole Bedding
Rubble - Ordinary
environmental inventory
Admixture
32. 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.
Datum Line
Grade
drainage
Main Sewer
33. 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
Oxidation Ditch
Compaction Test
Lateral Break
Housing and Urban Development - Department of (HUD)
34. A multinational organization of landscape architects whose purpose is the promotion of landscape design and planning.
International Federation of Landscape Architects (IFLA)
air rights
Cross Braces
Wasteline Cleanout
35. Solid material settled from suspension in a liquid.
Sediment
Adsorption
Manhole
historic preservation
36. A reservoir for the storage of filtered water of sufficient capacity to prevent the need to vary the filtration rate with variations in demand. Also used to provide chlorine contact time for disinfection.
Clear Well
Rubble - Ordinary
Datum Line
Groundwater
37. 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
Lift Station
Secondary Treatment
Sediment
38. 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.
Chain of Custody
Sewer Main
Housing and Urban Development - Department of (HUD)
land trust
39. 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.
Forest Service
Surcharge Manhole
multiple use
Curb Stop
40. An authorization issued by a government agency allowing construction of a project according to approved plans and specifications.
Combined Sewer
building (construction) permit
Storm Sewer
Vault
41. Tamping or rolling of a material to achieve a surface or density that is able to support predicted loads.
Sewer
Surface Runoff
Compaction
Mail Line
42. A device that admits surface waters to the storm water drainage system. Also see CURB INLET and CATCH BASIN.
Storm Water Inlet
Wastewater Treatment Plant
ecology
Seasonal Water Table
43. The amount of runoff that reaches the point of measurement within a relatively short period of time after the occurrence of a storm or other form of precipitation. Also called 'direct runoff.'
Housing and Urban Development - Department of (HUD)
Wastewater Facilities
Storm Runoff
open space
44. The pipe system for collecting and carrying water and watercarried wastes from domestic and industrial sources to a wastewater treatment plant.
Newel Post
Easement
Wastewater Collection System
scenic easement
45. A structure made of concrete or other durable material to protect bare soil from erosion by splashing or falling water.
Splash Pad
Two-Way Cleanout
Terminal Manhole
landscape
46. The linear or a real dimension over which a higher component transmits load to a lower component
Select Bedding
Trunk Sewer
Bearing
Baluster
47. An arrangement of pipes - equipment - devices - tanks and structures for treating wastewater and industrial wastes. A water pollution control plant.
Wastewater Treatment Plant
Retention
Outlet
Estimated Flow
48. 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.
Settlement
Interceptor
drainage
environmental inventory
49. 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
Trunk Sewer
A S T M
Angle of Repose
Selector
50. The upper surface of the zone of saturation of groundwater in an unconfined aquifer.
Subsidence
Water Table
Datum Line
Liquefaction
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