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Civil Engineering Vocab

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1. 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






2. 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.






3. 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






4. The height to which something is elevated - such as the height above sea level.






5. A U.S. government agency responsible for developing and enforcing regulations that guide the use of land and natural resources.






6. 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.






7. Downstream opening or discharge end of a pipe - culvert - or canal.






8. 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.






9. Vertical member supporting the railing.






10. 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.






11. 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.






12. The force that resists the separation of two bodies in contact.






13. Water that may contain objectionable pollution - contamination - minerals - or infective agents and is considered unsafe and/or unpalatable for drinking.






14. A separate pipe - conduit or open channel (sewer) that carries runoff from storms - surface drainage - and street wash - but does not include domestic and industrial wastes. Storm sewers are often the recipients of hazardous or toxic substances due t






15. A manhole located at the upstream end of a sewer and having no inlet pipe. Also called a DEADEND MANHOLE.






16. 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






17. Solid material settled from suspension in a liquid.






18. The man-made creation of or alterations to a specific area - including its natural resources. This is in contrast to the 'natural environment.'






19. 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






20. The movement or dislocation of underground soil or structure. Earth shift is usually caused by external forces such as surface loads - slides - stresses or nearby construction - water movements or seismic forces.






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






22. A sewer designed to carry both sanitary wastewaters and storm or surface water runoff.






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






24. 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






25. 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






26. 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






27. A wall that supports any vertical load in addition to its own weight.






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






29. 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.






30. The condition of water or soil which contains a sufficient amount of acid substances to lower the pH below 7.0.






31. A type of easement granting permission to a constructor or developer to build over a street or structure.






32. The protection - improvement and use of natural resources according to principles that will assure the highest economic or social benefits for people and the environment now and in the future.






33. 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.






34. Rain and snow water accumulated in the earth's porous rock.






35. 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.






36. Any designated use or activity on a piece of land.






37. The formation of separate layers (of temperature - plant - or animal life) in a lake or reservoir. Each layer has similar characteristics such as all water in the layer has the same temperature. Also see THERMAL STRATIFICATION.






38. A sewer pipe to which building laterals are connected. Also called a COLLECTION MAIN.






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






40. Precipitation which has been rendered (made) acidic by airborne pollutants.






41. Masonry composed of irregularly shaped stones laid without regularity of coursing - but well bonded.






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






43. 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.






44. A manhole located at the upstream end of a sewer and having no inlet pipe. Also called a TERMINAL MANHOLE.






45. A railing composed of balusters capped by a handrail.






46. 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






47. A record of each person involved in the handling and possession of a sample from the person who collected the sample to the person who analyzed the sample in the laboratory and to the person who witnessed disposal of the sample.






48. A strip of unspoiled - often treed - agricultural or other outlying land used to separate or ring urban areas.






49. 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.






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







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