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Civil Engineering Vocab
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1. A device made of pipe fittings used to prevent sewer gases escaping from the branch or lateral sewer from entering a building sewer.
Handhole Trap
Subsidence
A S T M
built environment
2. 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.
greenbelt
Equalizing Basin
conservation
Sediment
3. 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.
Runoff
Pump Station
Hydrostatic Pressure
Combined System
4. 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.
Housing and Urban Development - Department of (HUD)
Caisson
City Beautiful Movement
landscape architect
5. A collection pipe to which building laterals are connected.
Datum Line
Collection Main
Sanitary Sewer
Imported Backfill
6. Movement of soil from one place to another. Generally accompanies SILTING of a sewer system. Where infiltration is taking place and silt is carried into a sewer system - such silt or soil is removed from the ground around the sewer pipe and the resul
Aquifer
Collection Main
City Beautiful Movement
Soil Displacement
7. The natural elements with which landscape architects work - such as plant materials and the soil itself.
landscape architecture registration
Aeration
softscape
Compaction Test
8. The pipe system for collecting and carrying water and watercarried wastes from domestic and industrial sources to a wastewater treatment plant.
Sewer Main
Compaction
Wastewater Collection System
softscape
9. A strip of unspoiled - often treed - agricultural or other outlying land used to separate or ring urban areas.
greenbelt
Soil Pipe
Main Sewer
Vault
10. A legal form of land-use control and building regulations usually exercised by a municipal authority; usually involves setting aside of distinct land areas for specific purposes - such as commercial - educational or residential development.
zoning
Wasteline Cleanout
Outlet
Rubble - Ordinary
11. 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
Hydrostatic Pressure
Baffle
National Park Service (NPS)
Infiltrated Debris
12. A sewer designed to carry both sanitary wastewaters and storm or surface water runoff.
Gravity Flow
Manhole Bedding
Combined System
Baffle
13. Shoring members placed across a trench to hold other horizontal and vertical shoring members in place.
base plan
Cross Braces
Select Backfill
agronomy
14. An authorization issued by a government agency allowing construction of a project according to approved plans and specifications.
Council of Landscape Architecture Registration Boards (CLARB)
building (construction) permit
Backfill
new town
15. A septic tank or other holding tank which serves as a temporary wastewater storage reservoir for a Septic Tank Effluent Pump (STEP) system. See SEPTIC TANK.
built environment
Interceptor
base plan
Storm Water Inlet
16. Tamping or rolling of a material to achieve a surface or density that is able to support predicted loads.
Compaction
Nonpotable
Collection Main
Soil Pipe
17. 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.'
A S T M
Storm Runoff
Capillary Action
Splash Pad
18. Rain and snow water accumulated in the earth's porous rock.
City Beautiful Movement
building (construction) permit
ground water
Liquefaction
19. A downspout or pipe installed to drain a roof gutter to a storm drain or other means of disposal.
multiple use
Lateral Break
Roof Leader
Gravity Flow
20. 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
Select Bedding
Sewage
American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA)
21. The property of a material or soil that permits considerable movement of water through it when it is saturated.
Liquefaction
Permeability
historic preservation
Weir
22. A railing composed of balusters capped by a handrail.
Infiltrated Debris
Balustrade
Supersaturated
drainage
23. 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
Overflow Manhole
City Beautiful Movement
Grade
Storm Sewer
24. 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
Deadend Manhole
Laundering Weir
Gravity Flow
American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA)
25. In landscape architecture - the organization of areas of land for specific aesthetic or functional purposes. This can range from creating small backyard patios to huge urban plazas.
reclamation
manipulation of space
land use
Combined Wastewater
26. An agency of the U.S. Department of Agriculture - primarily responsible for planning and overseeing the use of national forest lands by private - commercial and government users.
Wastewater Facilities
Catch Basin
Forest Service
Sediment
27. Material used to fill in a trench or excavation
zoning
Surface Runoff
Catch Basin
Backfill
28. The legal grant of right-of-use to an area of designated private property.
Roof Leader
easement
Bearing Wall
Manhole
29. Subsurface water in the saturation zone from which wells and springs are fed. In a strict sense the term applies only to water below the water table. Also called 'phreatic water' and 'plerotic water.'
Supersaturated
Groundwater
hardscape
Chain of Custody
30. A trained builder or installer of landscapes - retained to implement the plans of landscape architects.
Council of Landscape Architecture Registration Boards (CLARB)
site plan
landscape contractor
Overflow Manhole
31. A manhole located at the upstream end of a sewer and having no inlet pipe. Also called a TERMINAL MANHOLE.
Trunk System
landscape contractor
Surcharge
Deadend Manhole
32. A dimensioned drawing indicating the form of an existing area and the physical objects existing in it and those to be built or installed upon it.
site plan
softscape
conservation plan
Trunk System
33. 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.
land trust
Activated Sludge Process
Lateral Break
Supersaturated
34. 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.
natural resources
cost-benefit analysis
master plan
Nonpotable
35. The creative illustration - planning and specification of space for the greatest possible amount of harmony - utility - value and beauty.
Lateral Break
design
Rubble - Random
Equalizing Basin
36. An opening or point of access in a building wastewater pipe system for rodding or snake operation.
topography
Chain of Custody
Bearing Wall
Wasteline Cleanout
37. 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
Wastewater Collection System
manipulation of space
Surcharge
Lateral Break
38. A sewer designed to carry both sanitary wastewaters and storm or surface water runoff.
Two-Way Cleanout
landscape
Walers
Combined Sewer
39. 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.
ecology
conservation plan
Service Pipe
landscape architecture
40. The science and art of design - planning - management and stewardship of the land. Landscape architecture involves natural and built elements - cultural and scientific knowledge - and concern for resource conservation to the end that the resulting en
landscape architecture
Outlet
Nonpotable
Bearing Wall
41. 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
Curb Stop
site plan
Grease Trap
Mail Line
42. 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.'
Outlet
Angle of Repose
Stratification
Pump Station
43. Federal agency responsible for producing and managing many federally-funded public service programs - especially those affecting housing and public spaces.
Surface Runoff
Housing and Urban Development - Department of (HUD)
cost-benefit analysis
Baffle
44. The force that resists the separation of two bodies in contact.
planning
Adhesion
Select Backfill
grade
45. Vertical member supporting the railing.
Baluster
drainage
environmental impact
Handhole Trap
46. 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.
Angle Post
Cistern
Catch Basin
Shear Wall
47. 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.
Hydrostatic Pressure
Two-Way Cleanout
Seasonal Water Table
environmental design professions
48. One or a series of oneinch diameter holes through a manhole lid for purposes of venting dangerous gases found in sewers.
A S T M
Weir
Rubble - Random
Manhole Vents
49. A sewer that discharges into a branch or other sewer and has no other common sewer tributary to it. Sometimes called a 'street sewer' because it collects wastewater from individual homes.
Outlet
drainage
Lateral Sewer
Selector
50. A capped opening in a building lateral -usually located on the property line - through which the pipelines can be cleaned.
Balustrade
Lateral Cleanout
Rubble - Ordinary
Curb Stop