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Civil Engineering Vocab
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1. 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
Lateral Sewer
landscape architect
planning
Day Tank
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
Caisson
International Federation of Landscape Architects (IFLA)
Lateral Break
Secondary Treatment
3. The pipeline extending from the water main to the building served or to the consumer's system.
designed landscape
Interceptor
Service Pipe
Hydrostatic Pressure
4. 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
Invert
Manhole Vents
Easement
5. A small tank (usually covered) or a storage facility used to store water for a home or farm. Often used to store rainwater.
Storm Sewer
Seasonal Water Table
grade
Cistern
6. 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.
grade
contour
Lateral Break
Estimated Flow
7. A device that admits surface waters to the storm water drainage system. Also see CURB INLET and CATCH BASIN.
land trust
Adsorption
ground water
Storm Water Inlet
8. 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.
national park
Acidic
grade
Storm Water Inlet
9. A break in a lateral pipe somewhere between the sewer main and the building connection.
environmental impact
planned unit development (PUD)
Lateral Break
hardscape
10. 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.
topography
Chain of Custody
Grease Trap
cost-benefit analysis
11. 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
Rubble - Coursed
B T U
Groundwater
Absorption
12. 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
Grade
Activated Sludge Process
Cistern
parkway
13. The taking in or soaking up of one substance into the body of another by molecular or chemical action (as tree roots absorb dissolved nutrients in the soil).
A S T M
Absorption
Acid Rain
Sedimentation
14. A U.S. government agency responsible for developing and enforcing regulations that guide the use of land and natural resources.
conservation plan
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Bedding
air rights
15. Post at which the railing terminates at each floor level.
Overflow Manhole
Equalizing Basin
Rubble - Ordinary
Newel Post
16. 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
Imported Backfill
Lift Station
Oxidation Ditch
Backfill
17. 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.
Lift Station
Easement
reclamation
Rubble - Random
18. A natural underground layer of porous - waterbearing materials (sand - gravel) usually capable of yielding a large amount or supply of water.
Water Table
Sewer Main
conservation plan
Aquifer
19. Clarifier - Settling Tank. A tank or basin in which wastewater is held for a period of time during which the heavier solids settle to the bottom and the lighter materials float to the water surface.
Sedimentation Basin
Elevation
ground water
Select Bedding
20. The lowest point of the channel inside a pipe - conduit - or canal.
Bedding
Invert
ground water
Grease Trap
21. A type of easement granting permission to a constructor or developer to build over a street or structure.
landscape contractor
air rights
Check Valve
Wastewater Facilities
22. 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
new town
Soil Pipe
Imported Backfill
Storm Runoff
23. 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
Angle Post
Septic Tank
environmental impact
City Beautiful Movement
24. 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.
Artificial Groundwater Table
agronomy
Storm Collection System
Artesian
25. 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.
Manhole Bedding
Walers
Angle Post
Curb inlet
26. Sedimentation basin overflow weir. A plate with Vnotches along the top to ensure a uniform flow rate and avoid shortcircuiting.
Laundering Weir
Gravity Flow
Grease Trap
Grade
27. 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.
Wastewater Treatment Plant
Select Backfill
Curb inlet
master plan
28. 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.
Riprap
Impermeable
Balustrade
reclamation
29. 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
Trunk Sewer
landscape contractor
Bedding
Curb Stop
30. A sewer installed to connect two separate sewers. If one sewer becomes blocked - wastewater can back up and flow through the interconnector to the other sewer.
Interconnector
Cross Braces
National Park Service (NPS)
Surcharge
31. The angle between a horizontal line andthe slope or surface of unsupported material such as gravel - sand -or loose soil. Also called the 'natural slope.'
Bearing Wall
Angle of Repose
Combined System
Backfill
32. Water that may contain objectionable pollution - contamination - minerals - or infective agents and is considered unsafe and/or unpalatable for drinking.
International Federation of Landscape Architects (IFLA)
Bearing
Main Sewer
Nonpotable
33. A railing composed of balusters capped by a handrail.
Septic Tank
Selector
Balustrade
master plan
34. Sand - silt - gravel and rocks carried or washed into a collection system by infiltration water flows.
Lift Station
Main Sewer
Infiltrated Debris
building (construction) permit
35. Masonry composed of roughly shaped stones - well bonded and brought at irregular intervals vertically to discontinuous but approximately level beds or courses.
Surcharge
Rubble - Random
Compaction Test
Outlet
36. A branch of biology dealing with the relationship between living things and their environment.
Clear Well
environmental design professions
Surcharge
ecology
37. A pipe or conduit that carries wastewater or drainage water. The term 'collection line' is often used also.
Compaction Test
Wastewater Facilities
Sewer
Aquifer
38. A sewer pipe to which building laterals are connected. Also called a COLLECTION MAIN.
Groundwater
air rights
Sewer Main
greenbelt
39. A water treatment process in which solid particles settle out of the water being treated in a large clarifier or sedimentation basin.
Sedimentation
Sewage
Secondary Treatment
national park
40. Rain and snow water accumulated in the earth's porous rock.
natural resources
parkway
ground water
designed landscape
41. 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.
Weir
Acid Rain
conservation plan
Sedimentation Basin
42. A sewer designed to carry both sanitary wastewaters and storm or surface water runoff.
Axial Load
land use
Combined System
Combined Sewer
43. A downspout or pipe installed to drain a roof gutter to a storm drain or other means of disposal.
Soil Pipe
Roof Leader
Handhole Trap
easement
44. The legal grant of right-of-use to an area of designated private property.
Housing and Urban Development - Department of (HUD)
Lateral Break
Select Bedding
easement
45. 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
Sanitary Sewer
scenic easement
Gravity Flow
greenbelt
46. 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.
City Beautiful Movement
Lateral Break
topography
Trunk Sewer
47. Federal agency responsible for producing and managing many federally-funded public service programs - especially those affecting housing and public spaces.
Acidic
Housing and Urban Development - Department of (HUD)
ecology
CADD
48. Landscape architecture - (civil) engineering - urban planning and architecture. Agronomy is also often included in this group.
Collection System
Runoff
environmental design professions
Baffle
49. 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.
grade
landscape architecture registration
International Federation of Landscape Architects (IFLA)
air rights
50. 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
Sedimentation
master plan
air rights
Artificial Groundwater Table