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Civil Engineering Vocab
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1. 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.
Combined Wastewater
Grease Trap
Catch Basin
Nonpotable
2. The amount of liquid which a solid material can absorb. Sand - as an example - can hold approximately onethird of its volume in water - or three cubic feet of dry sand can contain one cubic foot of water. A denser soil - such as clay - can hold much
Absorption Capacity
City Beautiful Movement
new town
Trunk Sewer
3. 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.
Select Backfill
Angle Post
Sewage
scenic easement
4. 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
Sedimentation
Equalizing Basin
Retention
reclamation
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.
Two-Way Cleanout
Lateral Cleanout
Storm Sewer
grade
6. A small tank (usually covered) or a storage facility used to store water for a home or farm. Often used to store rainwater.
Cistern
Admixture
Sedimentation
Easement
7. A type of easement granting permission to a constructor or developer to build over a street or structure.
Vault
International Federation of Landscape Architects (IFLA)
Service Pipe
air rights
8. 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.
Combined Wastewater
landscape
Adhesion
greenbelt
9. 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.
easement
Estimated Flow
landscape contractor
Pump Station
10. In zoning - a housing or commercial development composed of individual units that are regulated as a whole.
Adhesion
Bureau of Land Management (BLM)
planned unit development (PUD)
base plan
11. 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
Service Pipe
Council of Landscape Architecture Registration Boards (CLARB)
Acidic
12. The pipeline extending from the water main to the building served or to the consumer's system.
International Federation of Landscape Architects (IFLA)
Service Pipe
national park
Lateral Break
13. 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
landscape architecture
Lift Station
contour
14. A strip of unspoiled - often treed - agricultural or other outlying land used to separate or ring urban areas.
Sedimentation Basin
greenbelt
Liquefaction
Chain of Custody
15. 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
Main Sewer
Axial Load
Surcharge
Adsorption
16. One or a series of oneinch diameter holes through a manhole lid for purposes of venting dangerous gases found in sewers.
Earth Shift
conservation plan
Manhole Vents
Handhole Trap
17. A coordinating agency formed in 1961 for state boards that administer licensing exams and maintain records for landscape architects to practice.
Wastewater Collection System
Council of Landscape Architecture Registration Boards (CLARB)
base plan
planned unit development (PUD)
18. A capped opening in a building lateral -usually located on the property line - through which the pipelines can be cleaned.
Absorption Capacity
Lateral Cleanout
Riprap
National Park Service (NPS)
19. 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
Pump Station
Adsorption
Curb Stop
Manhole Bedding
20. 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.
Forest Service
Sewage
Terminal Manhole
Absorption
21. 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.
Shear Wall
landscape architect
topography
zoning
22. 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.
manipulation of space
Hydrostatic Pressure
Forest Service
Impermeable
23. Vertical member supporting the railing.
landscape architecture registration
Storm Water Inlet
Settlement
Baluster
24. 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.
easement
Secondary Treatment
Collection System
Hydrostatic Pressure
25. Tamping or rolling of a material to achieve a surface or density that is able to support predicted loads.
Compaction
Terminal Manhole
Interceptor
Caisson
26. Material used to fill in a trench or excavation
Two-Way Cleanout
Wasteline Vent
Backfill
agronomy
27. 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
landscape architecture
Aeration
Seasonal Water Table
Council of Landscape Architecture Registration Boards (CLARB)
28. A downspout or pipe installed to drain a roof gutter to a storm drain or other means of disposal.
natural resources
grade
Curb Stop
Roof Leader
29. Branch or lateral sewers that collect wastewater from building sewers and service lines.
Gravity Flow
Mail Line
Stratification
Oxidation Ditch
30. The running off of water from a land surface or subsurface - such as through sewers or natural means.
Storm Water Inlet
Lateral Cleanout
drainage
Surcharge Manhole
31. Masonry composed of irregularly shaped stones laid without regularity of coursing - but well bonded.
Impermeable
Rubble - Ordinary
view
A S T M
32. 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
National Park Service (NPS)
grade
Sanitary Sewer
Adhesion
33. 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.
landscape architecture
American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA)
Sewage
Cistern
34. Post at which the railing terminates at each floor level.
American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA)
B T U
Balustrade
Newel Post
35. Material used for backfilling a trench or excavation which was not the original material removed during excavation. This is a common practice where tests on the original material show it to have poor compactability or load capacity. Also called BORRO
Walers
International Federation of Landscape Architects (IFLA)
Imported Backfill
Collection Main
36. The excess water running off from the surface of a drainage area during and immediately after a period of rain. See STORM RUNOFF.
Capillary Action
Storm Water
Sedimentation Basin
Clear Well
37. 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.
view
drainage
natural resources
Admixture
38. 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.
CADD
Storm Sewer
Backfill
Cross Braces
39. The property of a material or soil that permits considerable movement of water through it when it is saturated.
Sedimentation
Permeability
built environment
Absorption Capacity
40. 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
land use
Curb inlet
Adsorption
41. The form of the land. Contour lines are map lines connecting points of the same ground elevation and are used to depict and measure slope and drainage. Spot elevations are points of a specific elevation.
conservation plan
landscape architecture
Groundwater
contour
42. 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
Axial Load
historic preservation
Aquifer
National Park Service (NPS)
43. 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
Trunk System
Liquefaction
Weir
Two-Way Cleanout
44. A collection pipe to which building laterals are connected.
Combined System
Cross Braces
landscape contractor
Collection Main
45. The creative illustration - planning and specification of space for the greatest possible amount of harmony - utility - value and beauty.
Sedimentation
Absorption Capacity
Select Bedding
design
46. 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.
Baffle
Sediment
landscape architecture registration
Elevation
47. 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.
Storm Collection System
grade
Forest Service
Lateral Break
48. 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.
Nonpotable
natural resources
Outlet
Sedimentation
49. A line from which heights and depths are calculated or measured. Also called a datum plane or a datum level.
environmental impact
Datum Line
Activated Sludge Process
Handhole Trap
50. A water treatment process in which solid particles settle out of the water being treated in a large clarifier or sedimentation basin.
CADD
Easement
Sedimentation
Combined Sewer