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Civil Engineering Vocab
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1. 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
Housing and Urban Development - Department of (HUD)
Weir
Bearing
Oxidation Ditch
2. 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
Storm Sewer
Aquifer
Adsorption
B T U
3. 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
Datum Line
B T U
National Park Service (NPS)
air rights
4. A small box-like structure that contains valves used to regulate flows.
Main Sewer
drainage
Vault
Balustrade
5. 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.
Seasonal Water Table
master plan
Wasteline Cleanout
built environment
6. A sewer designed to carry both sanitary wastewaters and storm or surface water runoff.
Aeration
Impermeable
Manifold
Combined System
7. 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.
view
natural resources
Main Sewer
Council of Landscape Architecture Registration Boards (CLARB)
8. A break in a lateral pipe somewhere between the sewer main and the building connection.
zoning
Lateral Break
Trunk System
built environment
9. 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
environmental impact
Storm Runoff
Stratification
10. A device made of pipe fittings used to prevent sewer gases escaping from the branch or lateral sewer from entering a building sewer.
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Handhole Trap
Rubble - Coursed
Seasonal Water Table
11. The formation of separate layers (of temperature - plant - or animal life) in a lake or reservoir. Each layer has similar characteristics such as all water in the layer has the same temperature. Also see THERMAL STRATIFICATION.
Easement
Storm Collection System
Vault
Stratification
12. A coordinating agency formed in 1961 for state boards that administer licensing exams and maintain records for landscape architects to practice.
Equalizing Basin
Council of Landscape Architecture Registration Boards (CLARB)
Soil Displacement
Bearing Wall
13. 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.
Adsorption
Caisson
Aquifer
building (construction) permit
14. Acronym for 'Computer Aided (i.e. - Assisted) Design and Drafting -' a digital design process in which landscape architects use computers to help produce precise drawings and details for the construction of a project.
Mail Line
Curb inlet
CADD
grade
15. The movement of water through very small spaces due to molecular forces.
environmental inventory
reclamation
Capillary Action
drainage
16. The elevation of the invert (or bottom) of a pipeline - canal - culvert - or similar conduit. _ The inclination or slope of a pipeline - conduit - stream channel - or natural ground surface; usually expressed in terms of the ratio or percentage of nu
Grade
Easement
Newel Post
landscape architecture
17. An unstable condition of a solution (water) in which the solution contains a substance at a concentration greater than the saturation concentration for the substance.
Supersaturated
Backfill
Surface Runoff
Permeability
18. 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.
Manifold
Balustrade
Admixture
Rubble - Random
19. 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
Laundering Weir
Surface Runoff
Imported Backfill
Collection Main
20. A 19th- and 20th-century planned community traditionally featuring careful mixes of housing - open space - commercial activity and recreation. Examples include Reston - Va. - and Columbia - Md. - in the United States - and Harlow and Stevenage in Gre
Select Backfill
Nonpotable
new town
Select Bedding
21. 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.'
Forest Service
Selector
Check Valve
Surcharge Manhole
22. A multinational organization of landscape architects whose purpose is the promotion of landscape design and planning.
Angle Post
Invert
International Federation of Landscape Architects (IFLA)
Service Pipe
23. Tamping or rolling of a material to achieve a surface or density that is able to support predicted loads.
Grade
air rights
Compaction
Soil Pipe
24. A manhole which fills and allows raw wastewater to flow out onto the street or ground.
Storm Collection System
planning
B T U
Overflow Manhole
25. 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.
Capillary Action
grade
Saturated Soil
Caisson
26. 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.
Earth Shift
hardscape
Mail Line
Overflow Manhole
27. A water service shutoff valve located in a water service pipe near the curb and between the water main and the building. This valve is usually operated by a wrench or valve key and is used to start or stop flows in the water service line to a buildin
Curb Stop
Gravity Flow
Sewer
Bedding
28. A legal means of protecting beautiful views and associated aesthetic quality along a site by restricting change in existing features without government approval.
National Park Service (NPS)
scenic easement
cost-benefit analysis
grade
29. 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.
agronomy
Easement
easement
multiple use
30. The lay of the land - particularly its slope and drainage patterns; the science of drawing maps and charts or otherwise representing the surface features of a region or site - including its natural and man-made features.
Walers
topography
Imported Backfill
Estimated Flow
31. A manhole located at the upstream end of a sewer and having no inlet pipe. Also called a DEADEND MANHOLE.
Terminal Manhole
parkway
Manhole
Grease Trap
32. Material used to fill in a trench or excavation
Runoff
Chain of Custody
Sedimentation Basin
Backfill
33. A network of pipes - manholes - cleanouts - traps - siphons - lift stations and other structures used to collect all wastewater and wastewatercarried wastes of an area and transport them to a treatment plant or disposal system. The collection system
cost-benefit analysis
natural resources
land trust
Collection System
34. 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
softscape
conservation
Earth Shift
35. The pipes - conduits - structures - equipment - and processes required to collect - convey - and treat domestic and industrial wastes - and dispose of the effluent and sludge.
landscape architect
Caisson
Wastewater Facilities
Manhole Bedding
36. A system of major sewers serving as transporting lines and not as local or lateral sewers.
Surcharge
Groundwater
Newel Post
Trunk System
37. 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.
Walers
Oxidation Ditch
Service Pipe
Trunk Sewer
38. The natural elements with which landscape architects work - such as plant materials and the soil itself.
softscape
Easement
planning
Artificial Groundwater Table
39. The excess water running off from the surface of a drainage area during and immediately after a period of rain. See STORM RUNOFF.
Storm Water
Deadend Manhole
Wastewater Treatment Plant
topography
40. A trained builder or installer of landscapes - retained to implement the plans of landscape architects.
planning
Aquifer
Curb Stop
landscape contractor
41. A line from which heights and depths are calculated or measured. Also called a datum plane or a datum level.
Datum Line
Adsorption
zoning
Wastewater Treatment Plant
42. 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
Grade
ground water
International Federation of Landscape Architects (IFLA)
43. 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.
Datum Line
environmental inventory
national park
Baffle
44. A water treatment process in which solid particles settle out of the water being treated in a large clarifier or sedimentation basin.
Saturated Soil
Curb inlet
Vault
Sedimentation
45. 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.
Imported Backfill
Invert
Equalizing Basin
Adsorption
46. A capped opening in a building lateral -usually located on the property line - through which the pipelines can be cleaned.
conservation
Walers
Lateral Cleanout
Storm Collection System
47. 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.
Permeability
Septic Tank
zoning
Lateral Break
48. In the United States - a certification of individuals entitled to use the term 'landscape architect' or to practice landscape architecture or both - by means of examination and required degree and experience criteria.
landscape architecture registration
Terminal Manhole
scenic easement
American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA)
49. A mixture of storm or surface runoff and other wastewater such as domestic or industrial wastewater.
reclamation
Angle of Repose
Combined Wastewater
Laundering Weir
50. 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
Bureau of Land Management (BLM)
Shear Wall
National Park Service (NPS)