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Civil Engineering Vocab
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1. A natural underground layer of porous - waterbearing materials (sand - gravel) usually capable of yielding a large amount or supply of water.
Grade
Aquifer
planning
Earth Shift
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.
base plan
International Federation of Landscape Architects (IFLA)
Chain of Custody
Liquefaction
3. The running off of water from a land surface or subsurface - such as through sewers or natural means.
Curb inlet
Sedimentation
Collection Main
drainage
4. 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
Estimated Flow
National Park Service (NPS)
Bearing Wall
5. A device that admits surface waters to the storm water drainage system. Also see CURB INLET and CATCH BASIN.
planned unit development (PUD)
Walers
Storm Water Inlet
Wastewater Facilities
6. 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
Sanitary Sewer
Artificial Groundwater Table
Forest Service
Lateral Cleanout
7. 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.
hardscape
Rubble - Ordinary
Wastewater Facilities
Cistern
8. The science and management of land - especially rural - agricultural land.
planning
agronomy
zoning
Wastewater Treatment Plant
9. The property of a material or soil that permits considerable movement of water through it when it is saturated.
Permeability
Vault
new town
Interconnector
10. 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.
Day Tank
environmental impact
Forest Service
Sewer Main
11. 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.
built environment
design
Admixture
conservation plan
12. The amount of liquid which a solid material can absorb. Sand - as an example - can hold approximately onethird of its volume in water - or three cubic feet of dry sand can contain one cubic foot of water. A denser soil - such as clay - can hold much
Baffle
Deadend Manhole
Absorption Capacity
Runoff
13. 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.
Rubble - Coursed
Impermeable
Riprap
Acid Rain
14. The linear or a real dimension over which a higher component transmits load to a lower component
Wastewater
Manhole Vents
Bearing
landscape architecture
15. A septic tank or other holding tank which serves as a temporary wastewater storage reservoir for a Septic Tank Effluent Pump (STEP) system. See SEPTIC TANK.
zoning
CADD
Interceptor
Manhole
16. 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.
drainage
base plan
Equalizing Basin
Balustrade
17. A system of major sewers serving as transporting lines and not as local or lateral sewers.
Potable Water
Manhole Bedding
planned unit development (PUD)
Trunk System
18. 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
Imported Backfill
Oxidation Ditch
Acid Rain
19. 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.
Select Bedding
Wastewater Collection System
Outlet
scenic easement
20. A small box-like structure that contains valves used to regulate flows.
Check Valve
Vault
hardscape
Sewage
21. 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.
Laundering Weir
Absorption Capacity
Rubble - Ordinary
cost-benefit analysis
22. 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.
zoning
Groundwater
natural resources
Main Sewer
23. Legal right to use the property of others for a specific purpose. For example - a utility company may have a fivefoot easement along the property line of a home. This gives the utility the legal right to install and maintain a sewer line within the e
Trunk Sewer
Compaction
softscape
Easement
24. Narrowly defined - an extended view or prospect from a site which - many times - is as important as or more important than the site itself.
Capillary Action
Soil Pipe
environmental inventory
view
25. An arrangement of pipes - equipment - devices - tanks and structures for treating wastewater and industrial wastes. A water pollution control plant.
Sewer Main
Wastewater Treatment Plant
Cistern
environmental impact
26. Water that may contain objectionable pollution - contamination - minerals - or infective agents and is considered unsafe and/or unpalatable for drinking.
Earth Shift
Nonpotable
Lateral Sewer
manipulation of space
27. 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
Two-Way Cleanout
American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA)
Surface Runoff
Activated Sludge Process
28. Rain and snow water accumulated in the earth's porous rock.
ground water
Manhole Vents
Clear Well
landscape architecture registration
29. A mixture of storm or surface runoff and other wastewater such as domestic or industrial wastewater.
Combined Wastewater
Two-Way Cleanout
site plan
Shear Wall
30. 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
Acid Rain
Curb Stop
multiple use
Overflow Manhole
31. In zoning - a housing or commercial development composed of individual units that are regulated as a whole.
Retention
Combined Wastewater
planned unit development (PUD)
Interconnector
32. A chamber or well built at the curbline of a street to admit gutter flow to the storm water drainage system. Also see STORM WATER INLET and CATCH BASIN.
Wastewater Facilities
Clear Well
Curb inlet
Lift Station
33. Regulations specifying the type of construction methods and materials that are allowable on a project.
reclamation
building codes
Subsidence
Supersaturated
34. 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.'
Manifold
Surcharge Manhole
zoning
Surcharge
35. 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.
Aeration
Grade
environmental inventory
Manhole
36. A manhole located at the upstream end of a sewer and having no inlet pipe. Also called a DEADEND MANHOLE.
Chain of Custody
Supersaturated
Terminal Manhole
Baluster
37. 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.
Surface Runoff
Artesian
Sedimentation
drainage
38. 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
Groundwater
Imported Backfill
Infiltrated Debris
39. A separate pipe - conduit or open channel (sewer) that carries runoff from storms - surface drainage - and street wash - but does not include domestic and industrial wastes. Storm sewers are often the recipients of hazardous or toxic substances due t
Cross Braces
Storm Sewer
Roof Leader
B T U
40. The dropping or lowering of the ground surface as a result of removing excess water (overdraft or overpumping) from an aquifer. After excess water has been removed - the soil will settle - become compacted and the ground surface will drop and can cau
landscape architecture
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Subsidence
Seasonal Water Table
41. 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
Deadend Manhole
Bearing
agronomy
Wastewater
42. Branch or lateral sewers that collect wastewater from building sewers and service lines.
environmental design professions
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
planned unit development (PUD)
Mail Line
43. 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.
Check Valve
Datum Line
environmental impact
Adsorption
44. Any method of determining the weight a compacted material is able to support without damage or displacement. Usually stated in pounds per square foot.
Select Backfill
Compaction Test
Secondary Treatment
Newel Post
45. The taking in or soaking up of one substance into the body of another by molecular or chemical action (as tree roots absorb dissolved nutrients in the soil).
Balustrade
Bureau of Land Management (BLM)
Absorption
reclamation
46. 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.
Equalizing Basin
Stratification
Subsidence
Wastewater
47. The natural elements with which landscape architects work - such as plant materials and the soil itself.
Sedimentation
softscape
Newel Post
Riprap
48. A U.S. government agency responsible for developing and enforcing regulations that guide the use of land and natural resources.
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Surface Runoff
Acidic
Artesian
49. 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
master plan
easement
Surcharge
Sedimentation Basin
50. 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
Storm Collection System
Aeration
Sewage
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