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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.






2. Landscape architecture - (civil) engineering - urban planning and architecture. Agronomy is also often included in this group.






3. 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






4. The science and management of land - especially rural - agricultural land.






5. 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.






6. A small box-like structure that contains valves used to regulate flows.






7. 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






8. A collection pipe to which building laterals are connected.






9. 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






10. Material used in backfilling of an excavation - selected for desirable compaction or other characteristics.






11. In landscape architecture - an essential sheet showing site boundaries and significant site features - used as a basis for subsequent plan development.






12. Water that does not contain objectionable pollution - contamination - minerals - or infective agents and is considered satisfactory for drinking.






13. 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






14. 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.






15. Regulations specifying the type of construction methods and materials that are allowable on a project.






16. Any method of determining the weight a compacted material is able to support without damage or displacement. Usually stated in pounds per square foot.






17. Narrowly defined - an extended view or prospect from a site which - many times - is as important as or more important than the site itself.






18. A device made of pipe fittings used to prevent sewer gases escaping from the branch or lateral sewer from entering a building sewer.






19. A legal means of protecting beautiful views and associated aesthetic quality along a site by restricting change in existing features without government approval.






20. The excess water running off from the surface of a drainage area during and immediately after a period of rain. See STORM RUNOFF.






21. A break in a lateral pipe somewhere between the sewer main and the building connection.






22. 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






23. A tank used to store a chemical solution of known concentration for feed to a chemical feeder. A day tank usually stores sufficient chemical solution to properly treat the water being treated for at least one day. Also called an AGE TANK.






24. A groundwater table that has seasonal changes in depth or elevation.






25. 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.'






26. 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.






27. 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.






28. American Society for Testing and Materials






29. 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.






30. The movement of water through very small spaces due to molecular forces.






31. The prepared and compacted base on which a manhole is constructed.






32. 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.






33. 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






34. A multinational organization of landscape architects whose purpose is the promotion of landscape design and planning.






35. Solid material settled from suspension in a liquid.






36. 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.






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.






38. A conservation group that maintains a revolving fund for quickly buying land that is in danger of being developed inappropriately or without regard to proper environmental considerations.






39. Harmonious use of the land for more than one purpose; not necessarily the combination of uses that will yield the highest economic return - e.g. - a mix of residential and commercial developments in the same area.






40. An authorization issued by a government agency allowing construction of a project according to approved plans and specifications.






41. Tamping or rolling of a material to achieve a surface or density that is able to support predicted loads.






42. A device that admits surface waters to the storm water drainage system. Also see CURB INLET and CATCH BASIN.






43. 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.'






44. The pipe system for collecting and carrying water and watercarried wastes from domestic and industrial sources to a wastewater treatment plant.






45. A structure made of concrete or other durable material to protect bare soil from erosion by splashing or falling water.






46. The linear or a real dimension over which a higher component transmits load to a lower component






47. An arrangement of pipes - equipment - devices - tanks and structures for treating wastewater and industrial wastes. A water pollution control plant.






48. Record of an area's natural and man-made resources - including vegetation - animal life - geological characteristics and mankind's presence in such forms as housing - highways and even hazardous wastes.






49. 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






50. The upper surface of the zone of saturation of groundwater in an unconfined aquifer.






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