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Civil Engineering Vocab
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1. A wall or plate placed in an open channel and used to measure the flow of water. The depth of the flow over the weir can be used to calculate the flow rate - or a chart or conversion table may be used to convert depth to flow. A wall or obstruction u
Wastewater Facilities
Supersaturated
City Beautiful Movement
Weir
2. 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.
Sewage
Wasteline Vent
Clear Well
Subsidence
3. Sand - silt - gravel and rocks carried or washed into a collection system by infiltration water flows.
view
land trust
master plan
Infiltrated Debris
4. A large - public park - often highly scenic and isolated belonging to and operated by the federal government.
Manhole Bedding
Rubble - Ordinary
Liquefaction
national park
5. 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
Impermeable
Trunk System
Oxidation Ditch
site plan
6. A natural underground layer of porous - waterbearing materials (sand - gravel) usually capable of yielding a large amount or supply of water.
Aquifer
Seasonal Water Table
Lateral Break
Sewer
7. Water that may contain objectionable pollution - contamination - minerals - or infective agents and is considered unsafe and/or unpalatable for drinking.
Manifold
Wastewater Collection System
Nonpotable
Storm Runoff
8. 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
Rubble - Coursed
Collection System
natural resources
landscape architecture registration
9. The condition of water or soil which contains a sufficient amount of acid substances to lower the pH below 7.0.
Acidic
Soil Pipe
Artificial Groundwater Table
A S T M
10. A U.S. government agency responsible for developing and enforcing regulations that guide the use of land and natural resources.
Wastewater Facilities
environmental impact
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
agronomy
11. Precipitation which has been rendered (made) acidic by airborne pollutants.
landscape contractor
Acid Rain
building codes
Bureau of Land Management (BLM)
12. 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.
Saturated Soil
Two-Way Cleanout
Lateral Break
Combined System
13. A sewer that receives wastewater from many tributary branches or sewers and serves a large territory and contributing population.
Absorption Capacity
Trunk Sewer
building codes
reclamation
14. 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
Cistern
Vault
Caisson
15. A pipe or conduit that carries wastewater or drainage water. The term 'collection line' is often used also.
Sewer
new town
Bearing Wall
Lateral Break
16. A capped opening in a building lateral -usually located on the property line - through which the pipelines can be cleaned.
Sedimentation Basin
Compaction Test
planning
Lateral Cleanout
17. A coordinating agency formed in 1961 for state boards that administer licensing exams and maintain records for landscape architects to practice.
Council of Landscape Architecture Registration Boards (CLARB)
Collection Main
Acidic
Bearing Wall
18. A sewer that discharges into a branch or other sewer and has no other common sewer tributary to it. Sometimes called a 'street sewer' because it collects wastewater from individual homes.
Cross Braces
Lateral Sewer
landscape architect
Imported Backfill
19. 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.
grade
Settlement
Laundering Weir
Chain of Custody
20. 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
softscape
Collection System
building (construction) permit
21. The movement of water through very small spaces due to molecular forces.
Surface Runoff
Capillary Action
Axial Load
Imported Backfill
22. A groundwater table that has seasonal changes in depth or elevation.
Seasonal Water Table
Permeability
Outlet
landscape contractor
23. A strip of unspoiled - often treed - agricultural or other outlying land used to separate or ring urban areas.
Stratification
Newel Post
greenbelt
Riprap
24. A road laid through a garden or park-like landscape - usually with median and roadside plantings.
parkway
Terminal Manhole
drainage
softscape
25. 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.
City Beautiful Movement
Service Pipe
Artesian
Stratification
26. Masonry composed of roughly shaped stones fitting approximately on level beds - well bonded and brought at vertical intervals to continuous level beds of courses.
design
Rubble - Coursed
hardscape
manipulation of space
27. A biological wastewater treatment process which speeds up the decomposition of wastes in the wastewater being treated. Activated sludge is added to wastewater and the mixture (mixed liquor) is aerated and agitated. After some time in the aeration tan
A S T M
Activated Sludge Process
conservation plan
site plan
28. A professional who designs - plans - and manages outdoor spaces ranging from entire ecosystems to residential sites and whose media include natural and built elements; also referred to as a designer - planner - consultant. Not to be confused with lan
Collection System
Stratification
CADD
landscape architect
29. 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.
landscape architect
designed landscape
environmental impact
Settlement
30. The natural elements with which landscape architects work - such as plant materials and the soil itself.
Subsidence
Main Sewer
Select Bedding
softscape
31. 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
Soil Displacement
Rubble - Random
Service Pipe
National Park Service (NPS)
32. A wall that supports any vertical load in addition to its own weight.
Bearing Wall
new town
B T U
Aquifer
33. Branch or lateral sewers that collect wastewater from building sewers and service lines.
designed landscape
Angle Post
Catch Basin
Mail Line
34. 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
scenic easement
Surcharge
International Federation of Landscape Architects (IFLA)
Runoff
35. 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.
Caisson
Rubble - Ordinary
Walers
Absorption Capacity
36. Downstream opening or discharge end of a pipe - culvert - or canal.
Angle of Repose
Lateral Sewer
Lateral Break
Outlet
37. A branch of biology dealing with the relationship between living things and their environment.
Rubble - Ordinary
ecology
Wastewater
Sewer
38. The angle between a horizontal line andthe slope or surface of unsupported material such as gravel - sand -or loose soil. Also called the 'natural slope.'
Walers
landscape architect
planning
Angle of Repose
39. Load applied along or parallel to and concentric with the primary axis
Curb Stop
Absorption Capacity
easement
Axial Load
40. 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.
landscape contractor
Water Table
Trunk Sewer
conservation plan
41. In landscape architecture - an essential sheet showing site boundaries and significant site features - used as a basis for subsequent plan development.
Handhole Trap
base plan
Seasonal Water Table
manipulation of space
42. 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.
Soil Pipe
ground water
Collection System
Shear Wall
43. An authorization issued by a government agency allowing construction of a project according to approved plans and specifications.
Overflow Manhole
building (construction) permit
Estimated Flow
Balustrade
44. 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
Absorption Capacity
Storm Water
Angle Post
45. Sedimentation basin overflow weir. A plate with Vnotches along the top to ensure a uniform flow rate and avoid shortcircuiting.
Laundering Weir
Grade
planned unit development (PUD)
Chain of Custody
46. The legal grant of right-of-use to an area of designated private property.
Grade
Chain of Custody
easement
Estimated Flow
47. 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.
Interconnector
Storm Sewer
Wastewater Treatment Plant
A S T M
48. A flat board or plate - deflector - guide or similar device constructed or placed in flowing water or slurry systems to cause more uniform flow velocities - to absorb energy - and to divert - guide - or agitate liquids (water - chemical solutions - s
Interceptor
Baffle
Stratification
Elevation
49. 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.
Sewer Main
Angle Post
CADD
Trunk Sewer
50. A device that admits surface waters to the storm water drainage system. Also see CURB INLET and CATCH BASIN.
Terminal Manhole
Wastewater Facilities
Storm Water Inlet
Roof Leader
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