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Civil Engineering Vocab

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






2. 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.






3. A multinational organization of landscape architects whose purpose is the promotion of landscape design and planning.






4. 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.






5. The movement of water through very small spaces due to molecular forces.






6. 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.






7. 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






8. A 19th- and 20th-century planned community traditionally featuring careful mixes of housing - open space - commercial activity and recreation. Examples include Reston - Va. - and Columbia - Md. - in the United States - and Harlow and Stevenage in Gre






9. The man-made creation of or alterations to a specific area - including its natural resources. This is in contrast to the 'natural environment.'






10. A line from which heights and depths are calculated or measured. Also called a datum plane or a datum level.






11. 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.'






12. 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.






13. A legal means of protecting beautiful views and associated aesthetic quality along a site by restricting change in existing features without government approval.






14. Broken stones - boulders - or other materials placed compactly or irregularly on levees or dikes for the protection of earth surfaces against the erosive action of waves.






15. Material used to fill in a trench or excavation






16. A U.S. government agency charged with administering vast areas of public land.






17. 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






18. 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.






19. 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.






20. 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.






21. An opening or point of access in a building wastewater pipe system for rodding or snake operation.






22. 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.






23. 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.






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






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






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






27. 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.'






28. The form of the land. Contour lines are map lines connecting points of the same ground elevation and are used to depict and measure slope and drainage. Spot elevations are points of a specific elevation.






29. 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






30. 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.






31. A device made of pipe fittings used to prevent sewer gases escaping from the branch or lateral sewer from entering a building sewer.






32. Downstream opening or discharge end of a pipe - culvert - or canal.






33. Elements added to a natural landscape - such as paving stones - gravel - walkways - irrigation systems - roads - retaining walls - sculpture - street amenities - fountains - and other mechanical features.






34. Rain and snow water accumulated in the earth's porous rock.






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






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






37. Federal agency responsible for producing and managing many federally-funded public service programs - especially those affecting housing and public spaces.






38. 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






39. 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






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.






41. The protection - improvement and use of natural resources according to principles that will assure the highest economic or social benefits for people and the environment now and in the future.






42. 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






43. The force that resists the separation of two bodies in contact.






44. Tamping or rolling of a material to achieve a surface or density that is able to support predicted loads.






45. Landscape architecture - (civil) engineering - urban planning and architecture. Agronomy is also often included in this group.






46. Shoring members placed across a trench to hold other horizontal and vertical shoring members in place.






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






48. Narrowly defined - an extended view or prospect from a site which - many times - is as important as or more important than the site itself.






49. The lowest point of the channel inside a pipe - conduit - or canal.






50. 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.







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