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Civil Engineering Vocab
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1. Masonry composed of roughly shaped stones - well bonded and brought at irregular intervals vertically to discontinuous but approximately level beds or courses.
agronomy
Soil Pipe
Rubble - Random
landscape contractor
2. 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.
Chain of Custody
Activated Sludge Process
Equalizing Basin
Datum Line
3. Any method of determining the weight a compacted material is able to support without damage or displacement. Usually stated in pounds per square foot.
Day Tank
Equalizing Basin
Cross Braces
Compaction Test
4. A sewer designed to carry both sanitary wastewaters and storm or surface water runoff.
Curb Stop
Combined System
parkway
Wasteline Cleanout
5. The conversion of large solid particles of sludge into very fine particles which either dissolve or remain suspended in wastewater.
Mail Line
Combined Sewer
Surcharge Manhole
Liquefaction
6. Masonry composed of roughly shaped stones fitting approximately on level beds - well bonded and brought at vertical intervals to continuous level beds of courses.
Rubble - Coursed
landscape
Manhole Bedding
Seasonal Water Table
7. An opening or point of access in a building wastewater pipe system for rodding or snake operation.
Wastewater
land trust
Wasteline Cleanout
Sedimentation
8. Vertical member supporting the railing.
Baluster
Collection System
historic preservation
parkway
9. 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.
Roof Leader
environmental impact
Day Tank
cost-benefit analysis
10. A U.S. government agency charged with administering vast areas of public land.
multiple use
Bureau of Land Management (BLM)
Compaction
Easement
11. In zoning - a housing or commercial development composed of individual units that are regulated as a whole.
National Park Service (NPS)
Wastewater Treatment Plant
planned unit development (PUD)
view
12. A sewer pipe to which building laterals are connected. Also called a COLLECTION MAIN.
Stratification
Catch Basin
Sewer Main
Permeability
13. A U.S. government agency responsible for developing and enforcing regulations that guide the use of land and natural resources.
Datum Line
site plan
Collection Main
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
14. 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.
B T U
Deadend Manhole
environmental impact
Sedimentation
15. Sand - silt - gravel and rocks carried or washed into a collection system by infiltration water flows.
Capillary Action
Infiltrated Debris
landscape
cost-benefit analysis
16. A pipe or conduit that carries wastewater or drainage water. The term 'collection line' is often used also.
Sewer
building codes
Water Table
Two-Way Cleanout
17. The running off of water from a land surface or subsurface - such as through sewers or natural means.
building (construction) permit
drainage
Housing and Urban Development - Department of (HUD)
environmental impact
18. 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.
Housing and Urban Development - Department of (HUD)
Angle of Repose
natural resources
Backfill
19. A water treatment process in which solid particles settle out of the water being treated in a large clarifier or sedimentation basin.
hardscape
Sedimentation
Rubble - Random
Absorption
20. 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
Secondary Treatment
Sewage
Bearing Wall
agronomy
21. 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.
Saturated Soil
landscape architecture registration
Supersaturated
Select Bedding
22. A manhole located at the upstream end of a sewer and having no inlet pipe. Also called a TERMINAL MANHOLE.
Bearing
Deadend Manhole
Select Backfill
Earth Shift
23. The science and management of land - especially rural - agricultural land.
Bedding
softscape
Gravity Flow
agronomy
24. 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
Acidic
Manhole Bedding
Surcharge
Equalizing Basin
25. 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
Lateral Cleanout
Rubble - Ordinary
International Federation of Landscape Architects (IFLA)
26. In landscape architecture - an essential sheet showing site boundaries and significant site features - used as a basis for subsequent plan development.
CADD
Impermeable
base plan
Nonpotable
27. A wall that resist horizontal forces applied in the plane of the wall.
Wasteline Cleanout
Shear Wall
Activated Sludge Process
Roof Leader
28. 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
Estimated Flow
designed landscape
Deadend Manhole
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.
Sewage
multiple use
building (construction) permit
Rubble - Random
30. 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.
contour
Combined Wastewater
Sewage
Splash Pad
31. The prepared and compacted base on which a manhole is constructed.
Manhole Bedding
Shear Wall
Combined System
site plan
32. 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.
Estimated Flow
contour
land trust
Bedding
33. 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.
Balustrade
Groundwater
Artesian
Manifold
34. Downstream opening or discharge end of a pipe - culvert - or canal.
Outlet
easement
Permeability
multiple use
35. A strip of unspoiled - often treed - agricultural or other outlying land used to separate or ring urban areas.
A S T M
Splash Pad
Bearing
greenbelt
36. 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
Baffle
Artesian
Artificial Groundwater Table
grade
37. 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
new town
Artesian
Pump Station
38. A plan for conserving or protecting various natural or manufactured resources. Such a plan is used as a management tool in making decisions regarding soil - water - vegetation - manufactured objects and other resources at a particular site.
conservation plan
Bedding
Settlement
Wastewater Facilities
39. The linear or a real dimension over which a higher component transmits load to a lower component
Angle of Repose
open space
Wasteline Vent
Bearing
40. Masonry composed of irregularly shaped stones laid without regularity of coursing - but well bonded.
Aeration
Admixture
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Rubble - Ordinary
41. This landscape architecture specialization has evolved to encompass maintenance of a site in its present condition; conservation of a site as part of a larger area of historic importance; restoration of a site to a given date or quality; renovation o
Stratification
Capillary Action
Surface Runoff
historic preservation
42. A legal means of protecting beautiful views and associated aesthetic quality along a site by restricting change in existing features without government approval.
Collection System
Nonpotable
Lateral Sewer
scenic easement
43. A device made of pipe fittings used to prevent sewer gases escaping from the branch or lateral sewer from entering a building sewer.
Sewer
Secondary Treatment
Two-Way Cleanout
Handhole Trap
44. The pipes - conduits - structures - equipment - and processes required to collect - convey - and treat domestic and industrial wastes - and dispose of the effluent and sludge.
Wastewater Facilities
building (construction) permit
Manhole
Wastewater Treatment Plant
45. Most plumbing codes require a vent pipe connection of adequate size and located downstream of a trap in a building wastewater system. This vent prevents the accumulation of gases or odors and is usually piped through the roof and out of doors.
Absorption
Baffle
Wasteline Vent
Gravity Flow
46. The process of adding air to water. Air can be added to water by either passing air through water or passing water through air. In wastewater treatment - air is added to freshen wastewater and to keep solids in suspension. With mixtures of wastewater
historic preservation
Interceptor
Runoff
Aeration
47. Regulations specifying the type of construction methods and materials that are allowable on a project.
building codes
new town
Sanitary Sewer
ecology
48. 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
Grade
Secondary Treatment
Surcharge Manhole
Curb Stop
49. 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.
reclamation
Subsidence
environmental inventory
Interconnector
50. A railing composed of balusters capped by a handrail.
Balustrade
Infiltrated Debris
environmental design professions
Forest Service