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Civil Engineering Vocab
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1. Federal agency responsible for producing and managing many federally-funded public service programs - especially those affecting housing and public spaces.
Forest Service
Housing and Urban Development - Department of (HUD)
design
environmental design professions
2. 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.
Weir
Interceptor
conservation plan
master plan
3. 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.
Bearing Wall
Selector
Catch Basin
Rubble - Coursed
4. 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.'
Storm Runoff
Imported Backfill
ground water
Storm Sewer
5. The linear or a real dimension over which a higher component transmits load to a lower component
Surcharge
Bearing
Day Tank
Water Table
6. 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
Cross Braces
Combined System
Sediment
7. A sewer that receives wastewater from many tributary branches or sewers and serves a large territory and contributing population.
Elevation
Two-Way Cleanout
Sewage
Trunk Sewer
8. 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
landscape architect
Subsidence
Storm Runoff
Angle of Repose
9. The condition of water or soil which contains a sufficient amount of acid substances to lower the pH below 7.0.
Acidic
planning
Lift Station
B T U
10. Precipitation which has been rendered (made) acidic by airborne pollutants.
Interceptor
Artesian
Lift Station
Acid Rain
11. The science and management of land - especially rural - agricultural land.
Elevation
multiple use
national park
agronomy
12. 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
Artesian
Activated Sludge Process
landscape
Settlement
13. One or a series of oneinch diameter holes through a manhole lid for purposes of venting dangerous gases found in sewers.
Datum Line
Impermeable
multiple use
Manhole Vents
14. A multinational organization of landscape architects whose purpose is the promotion of landscape design and planning.
Check Valve
International Federation of Landscape Architects (IFLA)
Water Table
Collection Main
15. 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.
Absorption
Runoff
Chain of Custody
Aeration
16. 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.
Rubble - Coursed
Sedimentation Basin
Rubble - Ordinary
Catch Basin
17. A manhole located at the upstream end of a sewer and having no inlet pipe. Also called a TERMINAL MANHOLE.
greenbelt
Service Pipe
planned unit development (PUD)
Deadend Manhole
18. 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.
Collection System
Forest Service
Settlement
Bedding
19. 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.'
landscape architecture registration
Groundwater
Interceptor
Sewer Main
20. 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.'
Septic Tank
Gravity Flow
softscape
Surcharge Manhole
21. A natural underground layer of porous - waterbearing materials (sand - gravel) usually capable of yielding a large amount or supply of water.
Combined System
Two-Way Cleanout
Aquifer
Adsorption
22. 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.
site plan
ecology
new town
manipulation of space
23. A system of major sewers serving as transporting lines and not as local or lateral sewers.
Trunk System
Baluster
Wasteline Vent
Manhole
24. The height to which something is elevated - such as the height above sea level.
Elevation
Surface Runoff
environmental inventory
Pump Station
25. 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.
cost-benefit analysis
Secondary Treatment
Acidic
open space
26. A railing composed of balusters capped by a handrail.
Lateral Cleanout
Balustrade
Select Backfill
Wastewater Collection System
27. Post at which the railing terminates at each floor level.
Grade
Newel Post
Wastewater Collection System
Compaction
28. 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
Selector
Angle of Repose
CADD
landscape architecture registration
29. A branch of biology dealing with the relationship between living things and their environment.
Forest Service
Imported Backfill
ecology
Water Table
30. An opening or point of access in a building wastewater pipe system for rodding or snake operation.
Wasteline Cleanout
Compaction Test
Storm Water
Sanitary Sewer
31. A pipe or conduit that carries wastewater or drainage water. The term 'collection line' is often used also.
Cross Braces
Grease Trap
Storm Runoff
Sewer
32. Opening in a sewer provided for the purpose of permitting operators or equipment to enter or leave a sewer. Sometimes called an 'access hole' or a 'maintenance hole.'
National Park Service (NPS)
Sewer
Manhole
environmental impact
33. 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
Surface Runoff
Capillary Action
landscape architecture
Laundering Weir
34. A collection pipe to which building laterals are connected.
building codes
Collection Main
Aquifer
Pump Station
35. 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.
Cistern
master plan
Clear Well
Deadend Manhole
36. Material used to fill in a trench or excavation
Roof Leader
Lateral Break
Sewer Main
Backfill
37. 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
Angle of Repose
Select Bedding
Oxidation Ditch
Lateral Break
38. The pipeline extending from the water main to the building served or to the consumer's system.
Service Pipe
Splash Pad
ecology
landscape architecture registration
39. A sewer pipe to which building laterals are connected. Also called a COLLECTION MAIN.
Sewer Main
cost-benefit analysis
Mail Line
topography
40. 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
Soil Displacement
Housing and Urban Development - Department of (HUD)
Cistern
Storm Collection System
41. 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.
zoning
Rubble - Random
planning
designed landscape
42. A structure made of concrete or other durable material to protect bare soil from erosion by splashing or falling water.
Splash Pad
Surcharge
Combined Sewer
Main Sewer
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.
Select Backfill
Wastewater Collection System
Rubble - Coursed
Activated Sludge Process
44. The used household water and watercarried solids that flow in sewers to a wastewater treatment plant. The preferred term is WASTEWATER.
Weir
Sewage
CADD
Wastewater
45. The illustration and description of problem-statements and large-scale design solutions that affect extensive areas of land; the anticipation of problems that will be encountered as human use and development of land continues.
Lift Station
Oxidation Ditch
planning
Soil Displacement
46. The force that resists the separation of two bodies in contact.
Pump Station
Main Sewer
Adhesion
Surface Runoff
47. A flat board or plate - deflector - guide or similar device constructed or placed in flowing water or slurry systems to cause more uniform flow velocities - to absorb energy - and to divert - guide - or agitate liquids (water - chemical solutions - s
multiple use
Nonpotable
Lift Station
Baffle
48. 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
Backfill
Deadend Manhole
B T U
Bureau of Land Management (BLM)
49. 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
Estimated Flow
Wastewater
Subsidence
50. A wall or plate placed in an open channel and used to measure the flow of water. The depth of the flow over the weir can be used to calculate the flow rate - or a chart or conversion table may be used to convert depth to flow. A wall or obstruction u
planning
new town
Weir
Oxidation Ditch
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