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Civil Engineering Vocab
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1. A receptacle designed to collect and retain grease and fatty substances usually found in kitchens or from similar wastes. It is installed in the drainage system between the kitchen or other point of production of the waste and the building wastewater
Soil Displacement
Compaction Test
Grease Trap
Curb Stop
2. 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.
Bearing Wall
Saturated Soil
multiple use
Caisson
3. One or a series of oneinch diameter holes through a manhole lid for purposes of venting dangerous gases found in sewers.
Seasonal Water Table
Riprap
Manhole Vents
Clear Well
4. The elements of supply inherent to an area that can be used to satisfy human needs - including air - soil - water - native vegetation - minerals and wildlife.
ecology
Gravity Flow
Select Backfill
natural resources
5. The creative illustration - planning and specification of space for the greatest possible amount of harmony - utility - value and beauty.
design
Impermeable
Wastewater Facilities
Housing and Urban Development - Department of (HUD)
6. The property of a material or soil that permits considerable movement of water through it when it is saturated.
Catch Basin
Wastewater Facilities
Angle of Repose
Permeability
7. 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
Activated Sludge Process
Combined System
Runoff
Curb inlet
8. A multinational organization of landscape architects whose purpose is the promotion of landscape design and planning.
Surcharge Manhole
International Federation of Landscape Architects (IFLA)
conservation
Acid Rain
9. 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.
planning
landscape
Storm Runoff
Activated Sludge Process
10. The force that resists the separation of two bodies in contact.
Compaction Test
Adhesion
Aeration
building (construction) permit
11. The condition of water or soil which contains a sufficient amount of acid substances to lower the pH below 7.0.
Forest Service
Baluster
view
Acidic
12. 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
Curb inlet
Wastewater
Septic Tank
Bearing
13. 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
B T U
design
International Federation of Landscape Architects (IFLA)
Angle of Repose
14. Narrowly defined - an extended view or prospect from a site which - many times - is as important as or more important than the site itself.
scenic easement
Artificial Groundwater Table
environmental impact
view
15. 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.
Caisson
Artesian
Aquifer
contour
16. A capped opening in a building lateral -usually located on the property line - through which the pipelines can be cleaned.
Forest Service
Lateral Cleanout
Lateral Break
Splash Pad
17. The excess water running off from the surface of a drainage area during and immediately after a period of rain. See STORM RUNOFF.
Absorption Capacity
historic preservation
Storm Water
Chain of Custody
18. A material - other than aggregate - cementitious material or water - added in small quantities to the mix in order to produce some (desired) modifications - either to the properties of the mix or of the hardened product.
Outlet
easement
Backfill
Admixture
19. 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.
Overflow Manhole
Service Pipe
Forest Service
environmental inventory
20. A mixture of storm or surface runoff and other wastewater such as domestic or industrial wastewater.
drainage
parkway
new town
Combined Wastewater
21. Shoring members placed across a trench to hold other horizontal and vertical shoring members in place.
Potable Water
Cross Braces
Grade
land use
22. A manhole located at the upstream end of a sewer and having no inlet pipe. Also called a TERMINAL MANHOLE.
Deadend Manhole
Lateral Break
Imported Backfill
Axial Load
23. Pertaining to groundwater - a well - or underground basin where the water is under a pressure greater than atmospheric and will rise above the level of its upper confining surface if given an opportunity to do so.
Artesian
Interconnector
Backfill
Collection Main
24. 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.
Sedimentation Basin
Adsorption
Permeability
Bedding
25. 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
Soil Pipe
Easement
Liquefaction
Wastewater
26. Masonry composed of roughly shaped stones fitting approximately on level beds - well bonded and brought at vertical intervals to continuous level beds of courses.
Settlement
Trunk Sewer
Rubble - Coursed
Capillary Action
27. Water that may contain objectionable pollution - contamination - minerals - or infective agents and is considered unsafe and/or unpalatable for drinking.
Bearing Wall
Permeability
Nonpotable
land use
28. A trained builder or installer of landscapes - retained to implement the plans of landscape architects.
Interconnector
landscape contractor
Sewer Main
Nonpotable
29. A coordinating agency formed in 1961 for state boards that administer licensing exams and maintain records for landscape architects to practice.
Surcharge
Manhole Bedding
Select Bedding
Council of Landscape Architecture Registration Boards (CLARB)
30. Sedimentation basin overflow weir. A plate with Vnotches along the top to ensure a uniform flow rate and avoid shortcircuiting.
Laundering Weir
Sedimentation Basin
International Federation of Landscape Architects (IFLA)
Sewage
31. The man-made creation of or alterations to a specific area - including its natural resources. This is in contrast to the 'natural environment.'
Trunk Sewer
Lateral Sewer
built environment
Equalizing Basin
32. An arrangement of pipes - equipment - devices - tanks and structures for treating wastewater and industrial wastes. A water pollution control plant.
Sedimentation
agronomy
Groundwater
Wastewater Treatment Plant
33. 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.
environmental impact
Two-Way Cleanout
ecology
Roof Leader
34. Regulations specifying the type of construction methods and materials that are allowable on a project.
building codes
Soil Pipe
Overflow Manhole
landscape
35. A wall that resist horizontal forces applied in the plane of the wall.
Storm Runoff
Manhole Vents
Artesian
Shear Wall
36. A manhole located at the upstream end of a sewer and having no inlet pipe. Also called a DEADEND MANHOLE.
Interconnector
Artesian
Rubble - Coursed
Terminal Manhole
37. 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.'
Runoff
ground water
Angle of Repose
Deadend Manhole
38. 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.
Oxidation Ditch
site plan
Saturated Soil
Datum Line
39. The slope of a plot of land. Grading is the mechanical process of moving earth changing the degree of rise or descent of the land in order to establish good drainage and otherwise suit the intent of a landscape design.
Compaction Test
Selector
base plan
grade
40. The movement of water through very small spaces due to molecular forces.
Wastewater Facilities
Artesian
softscape
Capillary Action
41. 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
environmental design professions
Vault
Grease Trap
42. 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
softscape
planning
manipulation of space
Weir
43. 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
national park
Trunk System
Backfill
44. 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.
landscape architect
Interceptor
Sewage
Adsorption
45. Tamping or rolling of a material to achieve a surface or density that is able to support predicted loads.
Infiltrated Debris
contour
Gravity Flow
Compaction
46. A natural underground layer of porous - waterbearing materials (sand - gravel) usually capable of yielding a large amount or supply of water.
contour
Retention
air rights
Aquifer
47. 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.
Elevation
landscape architecture registration
conservation plan
Equalizing Basin
48. Downstream opening or discharge end of a pipe - culvert - or canal.
Outlet
Backfill
Rubble - Ordinary
Artificial Groundwater Table
49. 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.
agronomy
hardscape
ground water
national park
50. A downspout or pipe installed to drain a roof gutter to a storm drain or other means of disposal.
Roof Leader
Manifold
Check Valve
Sedimentation