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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.






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.






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.






4. A sewer designed to carry both sanitary wastewaters and storm or surface water runoff.






5. The conversion of large solid particles of sludge into very fine particles which either dissolve or remain suspended in wastewater.






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.






7. An opening or point of access in a building wastewater pipe system for rodding or snake operation.






8. Vertical member supporting the railing.






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.






10. A U.S. government agency charged with administering vast areas of public land.






11. In zoning - a housing or commercial development composed of individual units that are regulated as a whole.






12. A sewer pipe to which building laterals are connected. Also called a COLLECTION MAIN.






13. A U.S. government agency responsible for developing and enforcing regulations that guide the use of land and natural resources.






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.






15. Sand - silt - gravel and rocks carried or washed into a collection system by infiltration water flows.






16. A pipe or conduit that carries wastewater or drainage water. The term 'collection line' is often used also.






17. The running off of water from a land surface or subsurface - such as through sewers or natural means.






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.






19. A water treatment process in which solid particles settle out of the water being treated in a large clarifier or sedimentation basin.






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






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.






22. A manhole located at the upstream end of a sewer and having no inlet pipe. Also called a TERMINAL MANHOLE.






23. The science and management of land - especially rural - agricultural land.






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






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






26. In landscape architecture - an essential sheet showing site boundaries and significant site features - used as a basis for subsequent plan development.






27. A wall that resist horizontal forces applied in the plane of the wall.






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.






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.






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.






31. The prepared and compacted base on which a manhole is constructed.






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.






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.






34. Downstream opening or discharge end of a pipe - culvert - or canal.






35. A strip of unspoiled - often treed - agricultural or other outlying land used to separate or ring urban areas.






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






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.






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.






39. The linear or a real dimension over which a higher component transmits load to a lower component






40. Masonry composed of irregularly shaped stones laid without regularity of coursing - but well bonded.






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






42. A legal means of protecting beautiful views and associated aesthetic quality along a site by restricting change in existing features without government approval.






43. A device made of pipe fittings used to prevent sewer gases escaping from the branch or lateral sewer from entering a building sewer.






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.






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.






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






47. Regulations specifying the type of construction methods and materials that are allowable on a project.






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






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.






50. A railing composed of balusters capped by a handrail.