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Civil Engineering Vocab
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1. A sewer designed to carry both sanitary wastewaters and storm or surface water runoff.
Combined Sewer
Manhole Vents
Compaction
Wastewater Collection System
2. The running off of water from a land surface or subsurface - such as through sewers or natural means.
drainage
Activated Sludge Process
Forest Service
topography
3. 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
Oxidation Ditch
grade
conservation plan
conservation
4. A community's used water and water carried solids (including used water from industrial processes) that flow to a treatment plant. Storm water - surface water - and groundwater infiltration also may be included in the wastewater that enters a wastewa
Wastewater
Retention
easement
Interceptor
5. 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.
Cistern
Admixture
Absorption Capacity
Hydrostatic Pressure
6. 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.
Compaction Test
Storm Collection System
Service Pipe
Rubble - Coursed
7. The pipe system for collecting and carrying water and watercarried wastes from domestic and industrial sources to a wastewater treatment plant.
Storm Sewer
Lateral Break
International Federation of Landscape Architects (IFLA)
Wastewater Collection System
8. Most plumbing codes require a vent pipe connection of adequate size and located downstream of a trap in a building wastewater system. This vent prevents the accumulation of gases or odors and is usually piped through the roof and out of doors.
planning
parkway
Two-Way Cleanout
Wasteline Vent
9. 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.
natural resources
Runoff
Angle Post
Combined Sewer
10. A site that might appear to be natural but has elements and features that were planned and specified by a landscape architect. Designed landscapes include Central Park in New York to the siting of buildings.
Storm Water
designed landscape
Nonpotable
landscape architect
11. 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.
contour
Water Table
Vault
Sedimentation Basin
12. A special valve with a hinged disc or flap that opens in the direction of normal flow and is forced shut when flows attempt to go in the reverse or opposite direction of normal flows.
Soil Displacement
Backfill
Check Valve
Oxidation Ditch
13. Tamping or rolling of a material to achieve a surface or density that is able to support predicted loads.
Rubble - Coursed
Bearing
Compaction
Datum Line
14. A layer - usually of concrete or mortar - for providing continuous support to such items as bricks - slabs - pipes.
building codes
Artesian
land trust
Bedding
15. Regulations specifying the type of construction methods and materials that are allowable on a project.
building codes
landscape architecture
land use
Bedding
16. The pipes - conduits - structures - equipment - and processes required to collect - convey - and treat domestic and industrial wastes - and dispose of the effluent and sludge.
contour
Saturated Soil
Overflow Manhole
Wastewater Facilities
17. A type of easement granting permission to a constructor or developer to build over a street or structure.
Roof Leader
air rights
Cistern
Potable Water
18. A strip of unspoiled - often treed - agricultural or other outlying land used to separate or ring urban areas.
Artificial Groundwater Table
Aquifer
greenbelt
Artesian
19. A system of major sewers serving as transporting lines and not as local or lateral sewers.
Trunk System
historic preservation
Lateral Break
conservation plan
20. Federal agency responsible for producing and managing many federally-funded public service programs - especially those affecting housing and public spaces.
new town
Housing and Urban Development - Department of (HUD)
Curb Stop
Selector
21. 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.
Supersaturated
Estimated Flow
land trust
Sedimentation
22. 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.
cost-benefit analysis
Sewer
Infiltrated Debris
multiple use
23. Rain and snow water accumulated in the earth's porous rock.
Interceptor
ground water
reclamation
Water Table
24. 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.'
Manhole
Storm Water
landscape architecture
Angle of Repose
25. Load applied along or parallel to and concentric with the primary axis
Axial Load
Lateral Cleanout
national park
Baffle
26. The prepared and compacted base on which a manhole is constructed.
agronomy
Water Table
Sedimentation Basin
Manhole Bedding
27. The height to which something is elevated - such as the height above sea level.
Storm Sewer
Elevation
environmental design professions
Vault
28. 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
Artificial Groundwater Table
Septic Tank
Laundering Weir
B T U
29. The movement of water through very small spaces due to molecular forces.
reclamation
Handhole Trap
Capillary Action
Deadend Manhole
30. A U.S. government agency charged with administering vast areas of public land.
Seasonal Water Table
Storm Runoff
Bureau of Land Management (BLM)
environmental inventory
31. 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
cost-benefit analysis
Wastewater Facilities
Chain of Custody
Curb Stop
32. The condition of water or soil which contains a sufficient amount of acid substances to lower the pH below 7.0.
Acidic
Housing and Urban Development - Department of (HUD)
natural resources
Supersaturated
33. The conversion of large solid particles of sludge into very fine particles which either dissolve or remain suspended in wastewater.
design
Liquefaction
Bearing Wall
Council of Landscape Architecture Registration Boards (CLARB)
34. A wall that supports any vertical load in addition to its own weight.
Catch Basin
Bearing Wall
Backfill
Easement
35. Landscape architecture - (civil) engineering - urban planning and architecture. Agronomy is also often included in this group.
Wastewater Treatment Plant
environmental design professions
Trunk System
topography
36. Branch or lateral sewers that collect wastewater from building sewers and service lines.
Trunk Sewer
Mail Line
Adsorption
ground water
37. 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.
Selector
Manifold
Catch Basin
Storm Runoff
38. The change to an area's natural resources - including animal and plant life - resulting from use by man. Some projects may require conducting of an 'environmental impact study' before development can proceed.
environmental impact
grade
landscape architect
Pump Station
39. Horizontal shoring members - usually square - rough cut timber - that are used to hold solid sheeting - braces or vertical shoring members in place. Also called STRINGERS.
Nonpotable
Storm Collection System
Walers
Collection Main
40. 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.
Interceptor
Sediment
Select Bedding
master plan
41. 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
Combined Wastewater
Bearing Wall
Secondary Treatment
42. An unstable condition of a solution (water) in which the solution contains a substance at a concentration greater than the saturation concentration for the substance.
Wastewater Collection System
Manhole Vents
Hydrostatic Pressure
Supersaturated
43. Masonry composed of roughly shaped stones fitting approximately on level beds - well bonded and brought at vertical intervals to continuous level beds of courses.
Rubble - Coursed
Estimated Flow
land use
natural resources
44. A preliminary plan showing proposed ultimate site development. Master plans often comprise site work that must be executed in phases over a long time and are thus subject to drastic modification.
Soil Pipe
master plan
Sanitary Sewer
Wastewater Facilities
45. A pipe or conduit that carries wastewater or drainage water. The term 'collection line' is often used also.
Trunk System
Bearing Wall
Sewer
Interconnector
46. In landscape architecture - an essential sheet showing site boundaries and significant site features - used as a basis for subsequent plan development.
Sewer Main
Manhole Vents
base plan
built environment
47. A sewer pipe to which building laterals are connected. Also called a COLLECTION MAIN.
topography
Sewer Main
A S T M
planned unit development (PUD)
48. Solid material settled from suspension in a liquid.
Sediment
scenic easement
Outlet
cost-benefit analysis
49. 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.
Storm Collection System
Roof Leader
Angle Post
landscape
50. 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
national park
Selector
Oxidation Ditch
Axial Load
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