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Civil Engineering Vocab
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1. 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
Settlement
Saturated Soil
agronomy
2. 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.'
Wastewater Facilities
Groundwater
landscape architect
Balustrade
3. A sewer designed to carry both sanitary wastewaters and storm or surface water runoff.
Storm Water
Storm Sewer
Storm Runoff
Combined Sewer
4. Downward movement of the soil or of a structure which it supports
Baluster
Settlement
Storm Runoff
Rubble - Coursed
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.
hardscape
landscape architecture registration
natural resources
Bedding
6. A wastewater pumping station that lifts the wastewater to a higher elevation when continuing the sewer at reasonable slopes would involve excessive depths of trench. Also - an installation of pumps that raise wastewater from areas too low to drain in
Mail Line
Storm Collection System
Lift Station
landscape architect
7. The movement of water through very small spaces due to molecular forces.
Nonpotable
Capillary Action
Collection Main
built environment
8. 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.
Seasonal Water Table
manipulation of space
City Beautiful Movement
Admixture
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.
open space
Select Bedding
Storm Sewer
Roof Leader
10. Landscape architecture - (civil) engineering - urban planning and architecture. Agronomy is also often included in this group.
cost-benefit analysis
environmental design professions
Adhesion
Trunk System
11. Material used to provide a bedding or foundation for pipes or other underground structures. This material is of specified quality for desirable bedding or other characteristics and is often imported from a different location.
Artesian
Oxidation Ditch
Adsorption
Select Bedding
12. A U.S. government agency responsible for developing and enforcing regulations that guide the use of land and natural resources.
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Outlet
reclamation
Manhole
13. Rain and snow water accumulated in the earth's porous rock.
built environment
Imported Backfill
ground water
Absorption
14. 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 Main
landscape contractor
Supersaturated
Surface Runoff
15. Narrowly defined - an extended view or prospect from a site which - many times - is as important as or more important than the site itself.
view
B T U
Subsidence
Storm Sewer
16. Federal agency responsible for producing and managing many federally-funded public service programs - especially those affecting housing and public spaces.
Housing and Urban Development - Department of (HUD)
Catch Basin
Bearing Wall
Caisson
17. A small box-like structure that contains valves used to regulate flows.
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Storm Collection System
Vault
Bureau of Land Management (BLM)
18. A type of wastewater or service connection pipe made of a low grade of cast iron. _ In plumbing - a pipe that carries the discharge of toilets or similar fixtures - with or without the discharges from other fixtures.
multiple use
reclamation
Supersaturated
Soil Pipe
19. 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.
Weir
Estimated Flow
Catch Basin
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
20. 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.
Select Bedding
Curb inlet
zoning
Outlet
21. 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.
Subsidence
Baffle
landscape
hardscape
22. 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
Runoff
Day Tank
B T U
open space
23. 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
contour
building codes
Elevation
24. 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.
Lateral Break
Manhole Bedding
Saturated Soil
Artesian
25. 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
base plan
Sanitary Sewer
landscape architecture
Soil Pipe
26. A capped opening in a building lateral -usually located on the property line - through which the pipelines can be cleaned.
landscape contractor
Retention
Admixture
Lateral Cleanout
27. 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
Settlement
Wastewater Treatment Plant
Interconnector
Grease Trap
28. 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.
conservation
B T U
cost-benefit analysis
design
29. The creative illustration - planning and specification of space for the greatest possible amount of harmony - utility - value and beauty.
Rubble - Coursed
design
landscape architect
Check Valve
30. 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.
Grade
Sedimentation Basin
Runoff
City Beautiful Movement
31. 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.
environmental inventory
Sanitary Sewer
zoning
Interceptor
32. A groundwater table that has seasonal changes in depth or elevation.
site plan
Seasonal Water Table
Service Pipe
American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA)
33. Post at which the railing terminates at each floor level.
base plan
Newel Post
Sedimentation Basin
Soil Displacement
34. Water or wastewater flowing from a higher elevation to a lower elevation due to the force of gravity. The water does not flow due to energy provided by a pump. Wherever possible - wastewater collection systems are designed to use the force of gravity
Manhole Vents
multiple use
Gravity Flow
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
35. Regulations specifying the type of construction methods and materials that are allowable on a project.
Imported Backfill
building codes
Potable Water
Weir
36. A mixture of storm or surface runoff and other wastewater such as domestic or industrial wastewater.
Rubble - Coursed
Activated Sludge Process
Sedimentation
Combined Wastewater
37. The property of a material or soil that permits considerable movement of water through it when it is saturated.
Permeability
new town
Rubble - Random
softscape
38. An authorization issued by a government agency allowing construction of a project according to approved plans and specifications.
Saturated Soil
Interceptor
Retention
building (construction) permit
39. 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
drainage
Cross Braces
Combined Sewer
Weir
40. Masonry composed of roughly shaped stones - well bonded and brought at irregular intervals vertically to discontinuous but approximately level beds or courses.
Newel Post
Check Valve
Sedimentation
Rubble - Random
41. Water that does not contain objectionable pollution - contamination - minerals - or infective agents and is considered satisfactory for drinking.
Adsorption
Interconnector
Baluster
Potable Water
42. 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.
Datum Line
Seasonal Water Table
Forest Service
Storm Runoff
43. Tamping or rolling of a material to achieve a surface or density that is able to support predicted loads.
cost-benefit analysis
Septic Tank
Surcharge Manhole
Compaction
44. 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
Impermeable
Surcharge
Pump Station
Lateral Sewer
45. 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
A S T M
Easement
building codes
Lateral Cleanout
46. A natural underground layer of porous - waterbearing materials (sand - gravel) usually capable of yielding a large amount or supply of water.
open space
Earth Shift
Aquifer
Storm Water
47. 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.
Artesian
Earth Shift
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
contour
48. 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.
Groundwater
landscape architect
Activated Sludge Process
Storm Collection System
49. 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 Collection System
Soil Displacement
topography
Rubble - Coursed
50. In landscape architecture - an essential sheet showing site boundaries and significant site features - used as a basis for subsequent plan development.
Soil Displacement
base plan
Shear Wall
grade