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Civil Engineering Vocab
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1. The used household water and watercarried solids that flow in sewers to a wastewater treatment plant. The preferred term is WASTEWATER.
Aquifer
landscape architecture registration
Sewage
Balustrade
2. 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
Artificial Groundwater Table
ground water
Grease Trap
Septic Tank
3. 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
Storm Sewer
landscape architect
Backfill
Acid Rain
4. Tamping or rolling of a material to achieve a surface or density that is able to support predicted loads.
landscape
Baffle
Capillary Action
Compaction
5. 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.
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
designed landscape
Trunk System
landscape architecture registration
6. The linear or a real dimension over which a higher component transmits load to a lower component
Select Backfill
Backfill
built environment
Bearing
7. A wall that supports any vertical load in addition to its own weight.
Sanitary Sewer
drainage
Bearing Wall
ecology
8. A special valve with a hinged disc or flap that opens in the direction of normal flow and is forced shut when flows attempt to go in the reverse or opposite direction of normal flows.
Absorption
zoning
Check Valve
Clear Well
9. 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
Collection System
topography
Surface Runoff
Invert
10. 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.
open space
CADD
Stratification
Combined Wastewater
11. The property of a material or soil that permits considerable movement of water through it when it is saturated.
Curb inlet
Artesian
hardscape
Permeability
12. A system of major sewers serving as transporting lines and not as local or lateral sewers.
B T U
Trunk System
Capillary Action
Grade
13. 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
Manhole Vents
historic preservation
Forest Service
A S T M
14. 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 Water Inlet
Bearing Wall
Angle of Repose
15. A small box-like structure that contains valves used to regulate flows.
national park
Vault
contour
Liquefaction
16. 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.
City Beautiful Movement
Surface Runoff
Wasteline Vent
Rubble - Ordinary
17. A pipe or conduit that carries wastewater or drainage water. The term 'collection line' is often used also.
multiple use
drainage
Sewer
Combined System
18. A large pipe to which a series of smaller pipes are connected. Also called a HEADER.
Manifold
landscape
Overflow Manhole
Adsorption
19. A device made of pipe fittings used to prevent sewer gases escaping from the branch or lateral sewer from entering a building sewer.
Bearing
Backfill
Handhole Trap
Grade
20. 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
Catch Basin
Collection System
open space
Septic Tank
21. A branch of biology dealing with the relationship between living things and their environment.
Oxidation Ditch
landscape contractor
ecology
Septic Tank
22. The pipes - conduits - structures - equipment - and processes required to collect - convey - and treat domestic and industrial wastes - and dispose of the effluent and sludge.
Outlet
Wastewater Facilities
Water Table
City Beautiful Movement
23. Clarifier - Settling Tank. A tank or basin in which wastewater is held for a period of time during which the heavier solids settle to the bottom and the lighter materials float to the water surface.
designed landscape
hardscape
Storm Sewer
Sedimentation Basin
24. The man-made creation of or alterations to a specific area - including its natural resources. This is in contrast to the 'natural environment.'
Forest Service
Surcharge
built environment
Adhesion
25. 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.
multiple use
Compaction
Subsidence
Sewer Main
26. A layer - usually of concrete or mortar - for providing continuous support to such items as bricks - slabs - pipes.
Clear Well
Bedding
Surcharge
Acid Rain
27. A type of easement granting permission to a constructor or developer to build over a street or structure.
Riprap
Invert
air rights
agronomy
28. 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.
open space
ecology
hardscape
Day Tank
29. 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).
Absorption
open space
Roof Leader
Axial Load
30. Material used to fill in a trench or excavation
softscape
zoning
contour
Backfill
31. 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.
landscape contractor
building codes
manipulation of space
Capillary Action
32. American Society for Testing and Materials
Walers
A S T M
Stratification
Admixture
33. A downspout or pipe installed to drain a roof gutter to a storm drain or other means of disposal.
CADD
land trust
Surface Runoff
Roof Leader
34. 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.
Curb inlet
Collection System
Manhole Vents
Sewage
35. Branch or lateral sewers that collect wastewater from building sewers and service lines.
Mail Line
Surcharge
Splash Pad
Bedding
36. 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.
City Beautiful Movement
Invert
Rubble - Coursed
designed landscape
37. A rough guess of the amount of flow in a collection system. When greater accuracy is needed - flow could be computed using average or typical flow quantities. Even greater accuracy would result from metering or otherwise measuring the actual flow.
Sedimentation
conservation plan
Estimated Flow
Runoff
38. A sewer that receives wastewater from many tributary branches or sewers and serves a large territory and contributing population.
Wastewater Collection System
Trunk Sewer
Nonpotable
Liquefaction
39. British thermal units; the quantity of thermal energy required to raise one pound of water at its maximum density - 1 degree F. One BTU is equivalent to .293 watt hours - or 252 calories. One kilowatt hour is equivalent to 3412 BTU Back Pressure (wat
Collection System
B T U
Bedding
open space
40. A sewer designed to carry both sanitary wastewaters and storm or surface water runoff.
Gravity Flow
Combined Sewer
Infiltrated Debris
Bearing
41. The conversion of large solid particles of sludge into very fine particles which either dissolve or remain suspended in wastewater.
Service Pipe
Combined Wastewater
Oxidation Ditch
Liquefaction
42. Any designated use or activity on a piece of land.
Catch Basin
land use
Manhole Bedding
Nonpotable
43. 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
ecology
built environment
Axial Load
Baffle
44. OE The pressure at a specific elevation exerted by a body of water at rest - or _ In the case of groundwater - the pressure at a specific elevation due to the weight of water at higher levels in the same zone of saturation.
Sedimentation Basin
City Beautiful Movement
agronomy
Hydrostatic Pressure
45. The elevation of the invert (or bottom) of a pipeline - canal - culvert - or similar conduit. _ The inclination or slope of a pipeline - conduit - stream channel - or natural ground surface; usually expressed in terms of the ratio or percentage of nu
Council of Landscape Architecture Registration Boards (CLARB)
Grade
Sewer Main
Axial Load
46. Narrowly defined - an extended view or prospect from a site which - many times - is as important as or more important than the site itself.
Roof Leader
Vault
Deadend Manhole
view
47. Rain and snow water accumulated in the earth's porous rock.
ground water
Bedding
greenbelt
Adsorption
48. In landscape architecture - an essential sheet showing site boundaries and significant site features - used as a basis for subsequent plan development.
conservation
base plan
Council of Landscape Architecture Registration Boards (CLARB)
greenbelt
49. The force that resists the separation of two bodies in contact.
Lateral Break
Adhesion
Rubble - Random
Clear Well
50. Masonry composed of irregularly shaped stones laid without regularity of coursing - but well bonded.
new town
Bureau of Land Management (BLM)
Activated Sludge Process
Rubble - Ordinary