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Civil Engineering Vocab
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1. A system of major sewers serving as transporting lines and not as local or lateral sewers.
Trunk System
Manhole Vents
softscape
multiple use
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.
Chain of Custody
Curb inlet
Equalizing Basin
built environment
3. Any designated use or activity on a piece of land.
land use
Acidic
Combined Wastewater
air rights
4. A sewer designed to carry both sanitary wastewaters and storm or surface water runoff.
Sediment
Combined System
International Federation of Landscape Architects (IFLA)
Balustrade
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.
site plan
Hydrostatic Pressure
Liquefaction
grade
6. Branch or lateral sewers that collect wastewater from building sewers and service lines.
Select Backfill
Cross Braces
Mail Line
air rights
7. A sewer designed to carry both sanitary wastewaters and storm or surface water runoff.
Combined Sewer
Wastewater Collection System
Day Tank
Bureau of Land Management (BLM)
8. A downspout or pipe installed to drain a roof gutter to a storm drain or other means of disposal.
Surface Runoff
Absorption
Roof Leader
site plan
9. 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.
Forest Service
Combined Sewer
Balustrade
environmental design professions
10. A system used where wastewater collection systems and treatment plants are not available. The system is a settling tank in which settled sludge is in intimate contact with the wastewater flowing through the tank and the organic solids are decomposed
Roof Leader
Compaction
Mail Line
Septic Tank
11. 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.'
Surcharge Manhole
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Septic Tank
Combined System
12. 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.
Surcharge
Clear Well
Artesian
Sewer Main
13. 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
Wastewater Treatment Plant
Wastewater
Oxidation Ditch
air rights
14. A pipe or conduit that carries wastewater or drainage water. The term 'collection line' is often used also.
Shear Wall
American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA)
Gravity Flow
Sewer
15. Any method of determining the weight a compacted material is able to support without damage or displacement. Usually stated in pounds per square foot.
Compaction Test
open space
B T U
zoning
16. Installation of pumps to lift wastewater to a higher elevation in places where flat land would require excessively deep sewer trenches. Also used to raise wastewater from areas too low to drain into available collection lines. These stations may be e
Pump Station
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Bureau of Land Management (BLM)
Curb inlet
17. Solid material settled from suspension in a liquid.
A S T M
Trunk System
Sediment
Vault
18. The conversion of large solid particles of sludge into very fine particles which either dissolve or remain suspended in wastewater.
Mail Line
new town
Overflow Manhole
Liquefaction
19. 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
Manifold
Activated Sludge Process
landscape architecture
environmental impact
20. 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.
topography
Surcharge Manhole
Check Valve
base plan
21. The running off of water from a land surface or subsurface - such as through sewers or natural means.
drainage
conservation plan
Weir
Splash Pad
22. 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.
Selector
Activated Sludge Process
Storm Collection System
Interconnector
23. 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.
open space
Select Bedding
Storm Water
Handhole Trap
24. A type of easement granting permission to a constructor or developer to build over a street or structure.
Backfill
Rubble - Ordinary
planned unit development (PUD)
air rights
25. Sedimentation basin overflow weir. A plate with Vnotches along the top to ensure a uniform flow rate and avoid shortcircuiting.
Laundering Weir
Angle Post
zoning
Invert
26. 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.
designed landscape
Combined Sewer
American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA)
Walers
27. An opening or point of access in a building wastewater pipe system for rodding or snake operation.
environmental design professions
Wasteline Cleanout
land use
air rights
28. Rain and snow water accumulated in the earth's porous rock.
Lateral Cleanout
Rubble - Coursed
ground water
Elevation
29. In zoning - a housing or commercial development composed of individual units that are regulated as a whole.
Wastewater
landscape
planned unit development (PUD)
Select Backfill
30. 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.
Overflow Manhole
Check Valve
Day Tank
Angle of Repose
31. A small box-like structure that contains valves used to regulate flows.
Vault
Outlet
natural resources
Oxidation Ditch
32. 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.
Estimated Flow
Interceptor
Sedimentation Basin
landscape architect
33. 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
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Splash Pad
Sediment
Adsorption
34. Load applied along or parallel to and concentric with the primary axis
Wastewater Facilities
Axial Load
Baluster
Trunk System
35. The force that resists the separation of two bodies in contact.
Equalizing Basin
historic preservation
Capillary Action
Adhesion
36. A collection pipe to which building laterals are connected.
Capillary Action
land trust
Collection Main
Surcharge Manhole
37. 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.
Wasteline Vent
Caisson
Axial Load
ecology
38. A sewer that receives wastewater from many tributary branches or sewers and serves a large territory and contributing population.
Clear Well
Imported Backfill
Overflow Manhole
Trunk Sewer
39. 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.
Sewer
Impermeable
American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA)
Seasonal Water Table
40. A layer - usually of concrete or mortar - for providing continuous support to such items as bricks - slabs - pipes.
planning
Bearing Wall
Angle Post
Bedding
41. An authorization issued by a government agency allowing construction of a project according to approved plans and specifications.
Combined Sewer
zoning
building (construction) permit
Nonpotable
42. 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.
Absorption
Aquifer
conservation plan
Earth Shift
43. The excess water running off from the surface of a drainage area during and immediately after a period of rain. See STORM RUNOFF.
Capillary Action
Storm Water Inlet
Storm Water
Trunk Sewer
44. The legal grant of right-of-use to an area of designated private property.
Saturated Soil
Seasonal Water Table
easement
Bureau of Land Management (BLM)
45. 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.
manipulation of space
Check Valve
Cross Braces
new town
46. 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.
Terminal Manhole
Aeration
multiple use
Interceptor
47. Sand - silt - gravel and rocks carried or washed into a collection system by infiltration water flows.
Wastewater
conservation
Surface Runoff
Infiltrated Debris
48. The process of adding air to water. Air can be added to water by either passing air through water or passing water through air. In wastewater treatment - air is added to freshen wastewater and to keep solids in suspension. With mixtures of wastewater
Aeration
Roof Leader
Lateral Cleanout
Clear Well
49. 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.
Council of Landscape Architecture Registration Boards (CLARB)
Catch Basin
Earth Shift
Balustrade
50. Regulations specifying the type of construction methods and materials that are allowable on a project.
Day Tank
building codes
Main Sewer
Collection Main
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