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Civil Engineering Vocab
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1. Downstream opening or discharge end of a pipe - culvert - or canal.
Outlet
Balustrade
master plan
Forest Service
2. 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.
Capillary Action
Interconnector
Main Sewer
Gravity Flow
3. A capped opening in a building lateral -usually located on the property line - through which the pipelines can be cleaned.
Bureau of Land Management (BLM)
Lateral Cleanout
Gravity Flow
ecology
4. The natural elements with which landscape architects work - such as plant materials and the soil itself.
softscape
Wastewater Collection System
Sewage
Terminal Manhole
5. 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
National Park Service (NPS)
Rubble - Coursed
Supersaturated
6. 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
Manhole Vents
Gravity Flow
base plan
Bureau of Land Management (BLM)
7. The movement or dislocation of underground soil or structure. Earth shift is usually caused by external forces such as surface loads - slides - stresses or nearby construction - water movements or seismic forces.
Cross Braces
Wastewater
Earth Shift
design
8. Any designated use or activity on a piece of land.
Sewer
land use
Selector
Walers
9. A manhole located at the upstream end of a sewer and having no inlet pipe. Also called a DEADEND MANHOLE.
Adhesion
hardscape
new town
Terminal Manhole
10. A type of easement granting permission to a constructor or developer to build over a street or structure.
Sewer
Saturated Soil
air rights
Wastewater Facilities
11. 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.
Curb inlet
Aeration
Equalizing Basin
multiple use
12. A water treatment process in which solid particles settle out of the water being treated in a large clarifier or sedimentation basin.
Two-Way Cleanout
base plan
Sedimentation
landscape contractor
13. Soil that cannot absorb any more liquid. The interstices or void spaces in the soil are filled with water to the point at which runoff occurs.
new town
softscape
Riprap
Saturated Soil
14. 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.
cost-benefit analysis
Surcharge Manhole
Artesian
Forest Service
15. The excess water running off from the surface of a drainage area during and immediately after a period of rain. See STORM RUNOFF.
environmental design professions
Storm Water
Trunk System
Water Table
16. A branch of biology dealing with the relationship between living things and their environment.
Two-Way Cleanout
ecology
Angle Post
Estimated Flow
17. The linear or a real dimension over which a higher component transmits load to a lower component
Housing and Urban Development - Department of (HUD)
Check Valve
Retention
Bearing
18. Load applied along or parallel to and concentric with the primary axis
historic preservation
Select Bedding
Rubble - Random
Axial Load
19. 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.
building codes
Secondary Treatment
Splash Pad
hardscape
20. The property of a material or soil that permits considerable movement of water through it when it is saturated.
Estimated Flow
Permeability
easement
planning
21. The pipeline extending from the water main to the building served or to the consumer's system.
Bedding
landscape architecture registration
Terminal Manhole
Service Pipe
22. A manhole located at the upstream end of a sewer and having no inlet pipe. Also called a TERMINAL MANHOLE.
Infiltrated Debris
Lateral Sewer
Cistern
Deadend Manhole
23. 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.
Manhole Bedding
Clear Well
land use
Wastewater Facilities
24. The height to which something is elevated - such as the height above sea level.
Storm Runoff
Surface Runoff
drainage
Elevation
25. American Society for Testing and Materials
Selector
Stratification
Manhole
A S T M
26. 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.'
Balustrade
master plan
Groundwater
Shear Wall
27. 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.
Rubble - Random
planning
Equalizing Basin
manipulation of space
28. A type of wastewater or service connection pipe made of a low grade of cast iron. _ In plumbing - a pipe that carries the discharge of toilets or similar fixtures - with or without the discharges from other fixtures.
Sediment
Lateral Sewer
Soil Pipe
Trunk Sewer
29. Masonry composed of roughly shaped stones - well bonded and brought at irregular intervals vertically to discontinuous but approximately level beds or courses.
design
Rubble - Random
Outlet
Two-Way Cleanout
30. 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.
landscape
Admixture
Day Tank
design
31. 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
Wastewater Treatment Plant
International Federation of Landscape Architects (IFLA)
Angle Post
Imported Backfill
32. A sewer designed to carry both sanitary wastewaters and storm or surface water runoff.
Combined System
Housing and Urban Development - Department of (HUD)
Sewer Main
Bureau of Land Management (BLM)
33. 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.
Day Tank
Main Sewer
Council of Landscape Architecture Registration Boards (CLARB)
Backfill
34. 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.
landscape architecture registration
contour
Shear Wall
City Beautiful Movement
35. An arrangement of pipes - equipment - devices - tanks and structures for treating wastewater and industrial wastes. A water pollution control plant.
site plan
Baluster
Wastewater Treatment Plant
parkway
36. 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.'
Secondary Treatment
Roof Leader
Manhole
Liquefaction
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.
Sediment
National Park Service (NPS)
Trunk Sewer
Hydrostatic Pressure
38. A sewer designed to carry both sanitary wastewaters and storm or surface water runoff.
design
Combined Sewer
Bearing
Surface Runoff
39. A sewer that receives wastewater from many tributary branches or sewers and serves a large territory and contributing population.
building codes
Caisson
Impermeable
Trunk Sewer
40. Horizontal shoring members - usually square - rough cut timber - that are used to hold solid sheeting - braces or vertical shoring members in place. Also called STRINGERS.
Admixture
Wastewater Facilities
Walers
Lateral Break
41. 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.
landscape architecture registration
conservation
Storm Water Inlet
Septic Tank
42. A U.S. government agency charged with administering vast areas of public land.
Bureau of Land Management (BLM)
design
Sewer Main
Stratification
43. Sedimentation basin overflow weir. A plate with Vnotches along the top to ensure a uniform flow rate and avoid shortcircuiting.
Laundering Weir
A S T M
Handhole Trap
American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA)
44. Branch or lateral sewers that collect wastewater from building sewers and service lines.
Two-Way Cleanout
Interconnector
Handhole Trap
Mail Line
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.
Absorption
Compaction
City Beautiful Movement
Forest Service
46. 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.
view
Soil Pipe
Select Bedding
land use
47. The condition of water or soil which contains a sufficient amount of acid substances to lower the pH below 7.0.
Admixture
Oxidation Ditch
Lift Station
Acidic
48. 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.'
Surcharge Manhole
Admixture
Storm Runoff
Combined Sewer
49. 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.
Estimated Flow
zoning
National Park Service (NPS)
Hydrostatic Pressure
50. A groundwater table that has seasonal changes in depth or elevation.
Combined Sewer
Seasonal Water Table
Weir
Activated Sludge Process
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