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1. Any attempt to restore to beneficial use land that has lost its fertility and stability; most often applies to mining reclamation - such as the restoration of strip mines and quarries.
Mail Line
Combined Sewer
Lateral Break
reclamation
2. Tamping or rolling of a material to achieve a surface or density that is able to support predicted loads.
grade
Roof Leader
softscape
Compaction
3. 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.
Check Valve
Compaction
Storm Runoff
Liquefaction
4. Shoring members placed across a trench to hold other horizontal and vertical shoring members in place.
Splash Pad
Cross Braces
Deadend Manhole
Sedimentation
5. A road laid through a garden or park-like landscape - usually with median and roadside plantings.
Compaction Test
parkway
view
Check Valve
6. 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.
grade
Saturated Soil
Chain of Custody
Baluster
7. The pipe system for collecting and carrying water and watercarried wastes from domestic and industrial sources to a wastewater treatment plant.
Artificial Groundwater Table
Vault
Wastewater Collection System
Wastewater
8. The linear or a real dimension over which a higher component transmits load to a lower component
planning
Oxidation Ditch
Two-Way Cleanout
Bearing
9. A wall that supports any vertical load in addition to its own weight.
Collection Main
ground water
Bearing Wall
Easement
10. A small tank (usually covered) or a storage facility used to store water for a home or farm. Often used to store rainwater.
Settlement
Baffle
Laundering Weir
Cistern
11. 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
Compaction Test
design
Gravity Flow
12. 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.
land use
Axial Load
Riprap
Hydrostatic Pressure
13. 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
master plan
Day Tank
environmental inventory
Artificial Groundwater Table
14. Post at which the railing terminates at each floor level.
landscape architect
Two-Way Cleanout
Newel Post
land use
15. Rain and snow water accumulated in the earth's porous rock.
ground water
Adsorption
Manhole Vents
Equalizing Basin
16. American Society for Testing and Materials
landscape architecture
Surcharge Manhole
A S T M
Manhole
17. Sedimentation basin overflow weir. A plate with Vnotches along the top to ensure a uniform flow rate and avoid shortcircuiting.
Storm Water Inlet
Laundering Weir
Permeability
Infiltrated Debris
18. Downward movement of the soil or of a structure which it supports
Storm Water
Overflow Manhole
Settlement
Sewer
19. A water treatment process in which solid particles settle out of the water being treated in a large clarifier or sedimentation basin.
Sedimentation
International Federation of Landscape Architects (IFLA)
Supersaturated
Angle Post
20. Material used in backfilling of an excavation - selected for desirable compaction or other characteristics.
Select Backfill
Estimated Flow
Manhole
Bearing Wall
21. The amount of runoff that reaches the point of measurement within a relatively short period of time after the occurrence of a storm or other form of precipitation. Also called 'direct runoff.'
Caisson
Check Valve
topography
Storm Runoff
22. The running off of water from a land surface or subsurface - such as through sewers or natural means.
Chain of Custody
conservation
drainage
Wastewater Facilities
23. A layer - usually of concrete or mortar - for providing continuous support to such items as bricks - slabs - pipes.
Compaction
land trust
Bedding
Sanitary Sewer
24. 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
reclamation
scenic easement
B T U
environmental inventory
25. 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
Combined Wastewater
landscape architect
Adhesion
Grade
26. The gathering of a gas - liquid - or dissolved substance on the surface or interface zone of another material. Advanced Waste Treatment (water) n Any process of water renovation that upgrades treated wastewater to meet specific reuse requirements. Ma
Adsorption
Walers
Combined Sewer
CADD
27. Water that may contain objectionable pollution - contamination - minerals - or infective agents and is considered unsafe and/or unpalatable for drinking.
Nonpotable
Collection System
Storm Collection System
Overflow Manhole
28. A downspout or pipe installed to drain a roof gutter to a storm drain or other means of disposal.
Roof Leader
Equalizing Basin
Nonpotable
environmental impact
29. 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
Septic Tank
topography
Rubble - Ordinary
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
30. 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.
Equalizing Basin
Collection System
Liquefaction
Septic Tank
31. 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.
landscape
conservation
Imported Backfill
multiple use
32. 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.
scenic easement
conservation
Artesian
Weir
33. 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.
open space
Terminal Manhole
Weir
conservation
34. A reservoir for the storage of filtered water of sufficient capacity to prevent the need to vary the filtration rate with variations in demand. Also used to provide chlorine contact time for disinfection.
Earth Shift
Nonpotable
Septic Tank
Clear Well
35. 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.
topography
planned unit development (PUD)
Rubble - Coursed
base plan
36. The science and art of design - planning - management and stewardship of the land. Landscape architecture involves natural and built elements - cultural and scientific knowledge - and concern for resource conservation to the end that the resulting en
Storm Runoff
softscape
Laundering Weir
landscape architecture
37. Vertical member supporting the railing.
Baluster
Housing and Urban Development - Department of (HUD)
National Park Service (NPS)
Axial Load
38. 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.
conservation plan
Rubble - Coursed
air rights
City Beautiful Movement
39. 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.
natural resources
Impermeable
Housing and Urban Development - Department of (HUD)
landscape architect
40. An agency of the U.S. Department of Agriculture - primarily responsible for planning and overseeing the use of national forest lands by private - commercial and government users.
Clear Well
Forest Service
master plan
land use
41. Regulations specifying the type of construction methods and materials that are allowable on a project.
Manhole Bedding
building codes
Sedimentation Basin
Manhole Vents
42. The property of a material or soil that permits considerable movement of water through it when it is saturated.
ground water
Permeability
Angle Post
reclamation
43. 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
Sewer Main
conservation plan
Aquifer
Wastewater
44. 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.
softscape
Aeration
Interceptor
Two-Way Cleanout
45. 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
Adsorption
Laundering Weir
view
National Park Service (NPS)
46. 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.
Lateral Sewer
Selector
Backfill
CADD
47. 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.
Datum Line
grade
multiple use
topography
48. 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
Easement
historic preservation
CADD
49. A natural underground layer of porous - waterbearing materials (sand - gravel) usually capable of yielding a large amount or supply of water.
base plan
Aquifer
softscape
Hydrostatic Pressure
50. 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
Lift Station
Sedimentation
International Federation of Landscape Architects (IFLA)
new town
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