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Civil Engineering Vocab
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1. Narrowly defined - an extended view or prospect from a site which - many times - is as important as or more important than the site itself.
Vault
Laundering Weir
Service Pipe
view
2. 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
Secondary Treatment
open space
Artesian
Sedimentation Basin
3. A trained builder or installer of landscapes - retained to implement the plans of landscape architects.
International Federation of Landscape Architects (IFLA)
Storm Water
landscape contractor
greenbelt
4. 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
Surcharge
Collection Main
landscape architect
Clear Well
5. An opening in pipes or sewers designed for rodding or working a snake into the pipe in either direction. Twoway cleanouts are most often found in building lateral pipes at or near a property line.
Selector
Two-Way Cleanout
Forest Service
Interceptor
6. 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
B T U
Activated Sludge Process
Cross Braces
Angle Post
7. A strip of unspoiled - often treed - agricultural or other outlying land used to separate or ring urban areas.
Capillary Action
greenbelt
Walers
agronomy
8. The lowest point of the channel inside a pipe - conduit - or canal.
Invert
manipulation of space
Subsidence
Settlement
9. 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.
environmental design professions
open space
Cross Braces
Datum Line
10. 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
Walers
Angle of Repose
Adsorption
Bedding
11. Narrowly defined - the amount of countryside and/or city that can be taken in at a glance. Also - an area of land or water taken in the aggregate.
new town
zoning
landscape
Storm Collection System
12. The property of a material or soil that permits considerable movement of water through it when it is saturated.
Permeability
Collection Main
Walers
Pump Station
13. 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.
Combined System
Angle Post
Elevation
designed landscape
14. A sewer pipe to which building laterals are connected. Also called a COLLECTION MAIN.
Sewer Main
Axial Load
ground water
National Park Service (NPS)
15. A structure or chamber which is usually sunk or lowered by digging from the inside. Used to gain access to the bottom of a stream or other body of water.
Caisson
Storm Sewer
contour
Nonpotable
16. A multinational organization of landscape architects whose purpose is the promotion of landscape design and planning.
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Compaction
International Federation of Landscape Architects (IFLA)
Axial Load
17. 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.'
landscape architecture
Storm Runoff
Activated Sludge Process
Impermeable
18. In landscape architecture - a study of the potential cost of site purchase - demolition and improvement in comparison to the income or other benefit to be derived from site development.
scenic easement
Septic Tank
cost-benefit analysis
Manifold
19. Load applied along or parallel to and concentric with the primary axis
Axial Load
ecology
Oxidation Ditch
environmental inventory
20. 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
Wasteline Cleanout
Main Sewer
B T U
Vault
21. 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
site plan
grade
Caisson
Surface Runoff
22. 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
Curb Stop
Admixture
Earth Shift
historic preservation
23. The pipes - conduits - structures - equipment - and processes required to collect - convey - and treat domestic and industrial wastes - and dispose of the effluent and sludge.
Wastewater Facilities
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Absorption Capacity
historic preservation
24. 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
manipulation of space
conservation plan
Riprap
25. 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.
Wasteline Vent
conservation
Housing and Urban Development - Department of (HUD)
topography
26. 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.'
Absorption Capacity
Manhole
Angle Post
Balustrade
27. 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.
ground water
environmental design professions
Sedimentation
Runoff
28. In zoning - a housing or commercial development composed of individual units that are regulated as a whole.
Roof Leader
Capillary Action
Balustrade
planned unit development (PUD)
29. 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
Infiltrated Debris
National Park Service (NPS)
Soil Displacement
Rubble - Ordinary
30. The movement of water through very small spaces due to molecular forces.
contour
Wastewater Treatment Plant
Capillary Action
Splash Pad
31. 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
Septic Tank
Bearing Wall
Manhole Bedding
Sanitary Sewer
32. 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.
Infiltrated Debris
environmental inventory
Wasteline Vent
new town
33. Material used to fill in a trench or excavation
Sewage
Backfill
American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA)
National Park Service (NPS)
34. A manhole which fills and allows raw wastewater to flow out onto the street or ground.
contour
Rubble - Random
Manhole Bedding
Overflow Manhole
35. A road laid through a garden or park-like landscape - usually with median and roadside plantings.
Settlement
parkway
Selector
Angle Post
36. The upper surface of the zone of saturation of groundwater in an unconfined aquifer.
Retention
Roof Leader
parkway
Water Table
37. Tamping or rolling of a material to achieve a surface or density that is able to support predicted loads.
Datum Line
Rubble - Random
Compaction
National Park Service (NPS)
38. 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.
Riprap
Equalizing Basin
Chain of Custody
Invert
39. 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
greenbelt
Curb Stop
Lateral Cleanout
landscape architect
40. Solid material settled from suspension in a liquid.
Absorption Capacity
Sediment
Sewer
Artesian
41. Material used in backfilling of an excavation - selected for desirable compaction or other characteristics.
new town
parkway
Storm Water
Select Backfill
42. 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.
Retention
Walers
Storm Collection System
Acid Rain
43. A reactor or basin in which baffles or other devices create a series of compartments. The environment and the resulting microbial population within each compartment can be controlled to some extent by the operator. The environmental conditions (food
Grade
Septic Tank
Selector
Lateral Break
44. Subsurface water in the saturation zone from which wells and springs are fed. In a strict sense the term applies only to water below the water table. Also called 'phreatic water' and 'plerotic water.'
Combined Sewer
Groundwater
scenic easement
environmental design professions
45. A sewer line that receives wastewater from many tributary branches and sewer lines and serves as an outlet for a large territory or is used to feed an intercepting sewer.
Main Sewer
Balustrade
agronomy
Wasteline Cleanout
46. The elements of supply inherent to an area that can be used to satisfy human needs - including air - soil - water - native vegetation - minerals and wildlife.
natural resources
site plan
Aeration
Hydrostatic Pressure
47. A mixture of storm or surface runoff and other wastewater such as domestic or industrial wastewater.
Manhole
Handhole Trap
Combined Wastewater
historic preservation
48. 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
Impermeable
Wasteline Cleanout
American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA)
Aeration
49. The dropping or lowering of the ground surface as a result of removing excess water (overdraft or overpumping) from an aquifer. After excess water has been removed - the soil will settle - become compacted and the ground surface will drop and can cau
Subsidence
Datum Line
Council of Landscape Architecture Registration Boards (CLARB)
Seasonal Water Table
50. 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.
Handhole Trap
Forest Service
Capillary Action
Newel Post