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Civil Engineering Vocab

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






2. 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






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






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






5. Load applied along or parallel to and concentric with the primary axis






6. A manhole which fills and allows raw wastewater to flow out onto the street or ground.






7. In zoning - a housing or commercial development composed of individual units that are regulated as a whole.






8. 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.






9. A popular social concern of the late nineteenth and early 20th centuries aimed at improving the appearance of urban areas through better planning and the addition of formal - romanticized public spaces and gardens.






10. The natural elements with which landscape architects work - such as plant materials and the soil itself.






11. 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.






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






13. The legal grant of right-of-use to an area of designated private property.






14. The pipeline extending from the water main to the building served or to the consumer's system.






15. 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






16. 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






17. 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.






18. 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.






19. 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






20. Sedimentation basin overflow weir. A plate with Vnotches along the top to ensure a uniform flow rate and avoid shortcircuiting.






21. 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.






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






23. 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.






24. The conversion of large solid particles of sludge into very fine particles which either dissolve or remain suspended in wastewater.






25. A water treatment process in which solid particles settle out of the water being treated in a large clarifier or sedimentation basin.






26. 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.






27. 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.






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






29. 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






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






31. A manhole in which the rate of the water entering is greater than the capacity of the outlet under gravity flow conditions. When the water in the manhole rises above the top of the outlet pipe - the manhole is said to be 'surcharged.'






32. 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.






33. A layer - usually of concrete or mortar - for providing continuous support to such items as bricks - slabs - pipes.






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






35. 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.






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






37. 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.






38. 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






39. 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.






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






41. A mixture of storm or surface runoff and other wastewater such as domestic or industrial wastewater.






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






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






44. The used household water and watercarried solids that flow in sewers to a wastewater treatment plant. The preferred term is WASTEWATER.






45. 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.






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






47. A small tank (usually covered) or a storage facility used to store water for a home or farm. Often used to store rainwater.






48. An opening in pipes or sewers designed for rodding or working a snake into the pipe in either direction. Twoway cleanouts are most often found in building lateral pipes at or near a property line.






49. 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






50. 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






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