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Civil Engineering Vocab
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1. 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
Select Backfill
cost-benefit analysis
Interceptor
2. Precipitation which has been rendered (made) acidic by airborne pollutants.
International Federation of Landscape Architects (IFLA)
Water Table
Cross Braces
Acid Rain
3. 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.
Manhole Vents
Day Tank
Manhole Bedding
Sedimentation
4. 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
Weir
Outlet
American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA)
view
5. A system of gutters - catch basins - yard drains - culverts and pipes for the purpose of conducting storm waters from an area - but intended to exclude domestic and industrial wastes.
built environment
Estimated Flow
Elevation
Storm Collection System
6. The force that resists the separation of two bodies in contact.
Infiltrated Debris
Adhesion
topography
Chain of Custody
7. Landscape architecture - (civil) engineering - urban planning and architecture. Agronomy is also often included in this group.
environmental design professions
softscape
Storm Collection System
national park
8. 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.
Chain of Custody
reclamation
Collection System
Invert
9. Sedimentation basin overflow weir. A plate with Vnotches along the top to ensure a uniform flow rate and avoid shortcircuiting.
Laundering Weir
Surcharge Manhole
National Park Service (NPS)
Saturated Soil
10. The property of a material or soil that permits considerable movement of water through it when it is saturated.
Permeability
Adsorption
air rights
reclamation
11. Post at which the railing terminates at each floor level.
Check Valve
scenic easement
Newel Post
manipulation of space
12. A groundwater table that has seasonal changes in depth or elevation.
Seasonal Water Table
landscape architect
Manhole Vents
Chain of Custody
13. Masonry composed of irregularly shaped stones laid without regularity of coursing - but well bonded.
landscape contractor
Rubble - Ordinary
Splash Pad
Catch Basin
14. 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
designed landscape
natural resources
reclamation
historic preservation
15. 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
building (construction) permit
Collection System
designed landscape
Easement
16. 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
Aeration
environmental impact
Chain of Custody
Collection System
17. An arrangement of pipes - equipment - devices - tanks and structures for treating wastewater and industrial wastes. A water pollution control plant.
Absorption Capacity
Wastewater Treatment Plant
land trust
landscape architect
18. 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.
Day Tank
Supersaturated
Compaction
Select Bedding
19. A legal form of land-use control and building regulations usually exercised by a municipal authority; usually involves setting aside of distinct land areas for specific purposes - such as commercial - educational or residential development.
Earth Shift
Check Valve
view
zoning
20. 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
Mail Line
Sanitary Sewer
Service Pipe
Forest Service
21. Regulations specifying the type of construction methods and materials that are allowable on a project.
building codes
Lateral Break
land trust
environmental impact
22. 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.
Capillary Action
Trunk System
Interconnector
hardscape
23. 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
Collection System
land trust
Infiltrated Debris
new town
24. That part of the precipitation falling on a drainage area which does not escape as surface stream flow during a given period. It is the difference between total precipitation and total runoff during the period - and represents evaporation - transpira
Baluster
Angle Post
Supersaturated
Retention
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
Cistern
Absorption
cost-benefit analysis
Wastewater
26. A line from which heights and depths are calculated or measured. Also called a datum plane or a datum level.
Datum Line
Saturated Soil
Walers
Combined Sewer
27. A sewer that receives wastewater from many tributary branches or sewers and serves a large territory and contributing population.
Lateral Break
environmental design professions
natural resources
Trunk Sewer
28. The conversion of large solid particles of sludge into very fine particles which either dissolve or remain suspended in wastewater.
Walers
Saturated Soil
Liquefaction
Elevation
29. 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.
Acid Rain
open space
Roof Leader
Admixture
30. One or a series of oneinch diameter holes through a manhole lid for purposes of venting dangerous gases found in sewers.
Trunk Sewer
Chain of Custody
Manhole Vents
Absorption
31. A trained builder or installer of landscapes - retained to implement the plans of landscape architects.
environmental impact
built environment
landscape contractor
Backfill
32. The science and management of land - especially rural - agricultural land.
Artificial Groundwater Table
agronomy
Storm Water Inlet
Bearing
33. The condition of water or soil which contains a sufficient amount of acid substances to lower the pH below 7.0.
Combined Sewer
CADD
Combined Wastewater
Acidic
34. Branch or lateral sewers that collect wastewater from building sewers and service lines.
Aquifer
Mail Line
Axial Load
Select Backfill
35. The creative illustration - planning and specification of space for the greatest possible amount of harmony - utility - value and beauty.
Artificial Groundwater Table
design
Soil Pipe
Grease Trap
36. Not easily penetrated. The property of a material or soil that does not allow - or allows only with great difficulty - the movement or passage of water.
Sewer
topography
Impermeable
Seasonal Water Table
37. 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.
Wastewater Treatment Plant
topography
Storm Water Inlet
Secondary Treatment
38. A legal means of protecting beautiful views and associated aesthetic quality along a site by restricting change in existing features without government approval.
Artesian
Rubble - Ordinary
scenic easement
environmental inventory
39. 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.
view
conservation plan
Adsorption
historic preservation
40. Downstream opening or discharge end of a pipe - culvert - or canal.
air rights
building (construction) permit
Outlet
Riprap
41. A U.S. government agency responsible for developing and enforcing regulations that guide the use of land and natural resources.
Curb inlet
Day Tank
Storm Runoff
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
42. 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
Groundwater
Artificial Groundwater Table
Rubble - Ordinary
Curb Stop
43. 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.
Estimated Flow
Sedimentation
landscape contractor
national park
44. The excess water running off from the surface of a drainage area during and immediately after a period of rain. See STORM RUNOFF.
Soil Pipe
Terminal Manhole
Storm Water
Gravity Flow
45. A popular social concern of the late nineteenth and early 20th centuries aimed at improving the appearance of urban areas through better planning and the addition of formal - romanticized public spaces and gardens.
Bedding
City Beautiful Movement
National Park Service (NPS)
Gravity Flow
46. Load applied along or parallel to and concentric with the primary axis
Select Backfill
Axial Load
Manifold
easement
47. 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
Oxidation Ditch
Gravity Flow
landscape architect
Collection Main
48. Tamping or rolling of a material to achieve a surface or density that is able to support predicted loads.
Compaction
Septic Tank
Combined Wastewater
Forest Service
49. 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
Compaction
Walers
land use
Grade
50. Any designated use or activity on a piece of land.
land use
Surcharge
Sedimentation Basin
Sewage