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Civil Engineering Vocab

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1. A multinational organization of landscape architects whose purpose is the promotion of landscape design and planning.






2. A pipe or conduit (sewer) intended to carry wastewater or waterborne wastes from homes - businesses - and industries to the POTW (Publicly Owned Treatment Works). Storm water runoff or unpolluted water should be collected and transported in a separat






3. 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






4. Tamping or rolling of a material to achieve a surface or density that is able to support predicted loads.






5. 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.






6. Precipitation which has been rendered (made) acidic by airborne pollutants.






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






8. The upper surface of the zone of saturation of groundwater in an unconfined aquifer.






9. 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






10. The used household water and watercarried solids that flow in sewers to a wastewater treatment plant. The preferred term is WASTEWATER.






11. 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






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






13. A large - public park - often highly scenic and isolated belonging to and operated by the federal government.






14. A branch of biology dealing with the relationship between living things and their environment.






15. A small tank (usually covered) or a storage facility used to store water for a home or farm. Often used to store rainwater.






16. That part of rain or other precipitation that runs off the surface of a drainage area and does not enter the soil or the sewer system as inflow.






17. The lowest point of the channel inside a pipe - conduit - or canal.






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






19. 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






20. A large pipe to which a series of smaller pipes are connected. Also called a HEADER.






21. A device that admits surface waters to the storm water drainage system. Also see CURB INLET and CATCH BASIN.






22. The illustration and description of problem-statements and large-scale design solutions that affect extensive areas of land; the anticipation of problems that will be encountered as human use and development of land continues.






23. A layer - usually of concrete or mortar - for providing continuous support to such items as bricks - slabs - pipes.






24. 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.






25. A professional society that represents landscape architects in the United States and Canada and seeks to better the practice and understanding of landscape architecture through education - research - state registration and other programs.






26. A relatively clear or forested area left untouched in or near a city. It may be active open space - such as a baseball field - or passive open space - such as an area of natural woodland.






27. A system used where wastewater collection systems and treatment plants are not available. The system is a settling tank in which settled sludge is in intimate contact with the wastewater flowing through the tank and the organic solids are decomposed






28. 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.






29. 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






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






31. Railing support at landings or other breaks in the stairs. If an angle post projects beyond the bottom of the strings - the ornamental detail formed at the bottom of the post is called the drop.






32. In landscape architecture - the organization of areas of land for specific aesthetic or functional purposes. This can range from creating small backyard patios to huge urban plazas.






33. 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






34. 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.






35. 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.






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






37. A receptacle designed to collect and retain grease and fatty substances usually found in kitchens or from similar wastes. It is installed in the drainage system between the kitchen or other point of production of the waste and the building wastewater






38. 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).






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






40. The condition of water or soil which contains a sufficient amount of acid substances to lower the pH below 7.0.






41. The protection - improvement and use of natural resources according to principles that will assure the highest economic or social benefits for people and the environment now and in the future.






42. Federal agency responsible for producing and managing many federally-funded public service programs - especially those affecting housing and public spaces.






43. 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.






44. 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.






45. American Society for Testing and Materials






46. 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






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






48. The legal grant of right-of-use to an area of designated private property.






49. Downward movement of the soil or of a structure which it supports






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