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Civil Engineering Vocab
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1. The taking in or soaking up of one substance into the body of another by molecular or chemical action (as tree roots absorb dissolved nutrients in the soil).
air rights
new town
Elevation
Absorption
2. 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
environmental inventory
Grade
Collection Main
Grease Trap
3. The change to an area's natural resources - including animal and plant life - resulting from use by man. Some projects may require conducting of an 'environmental impact study' before development can proceed.
Combined Wastewater
National Park Service (NPS)
environmental impact
Soil Pipe
4. Shoring members placed across a trench to hold other horizontal and vertical shoring members in place.
Subsidence
Cross Braces
Groundwater
Bedding
5. The movement of water through very small spaces due to molecular forces.
air rights
Main Sewer
Capillary Action
Retention
6. 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.
American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA)
contour
Riprap
Terminal Manhole
7. A sewer that receives wastewater from many tributary branches or sewers and serves a large territory and contributing population.
parkway
Trunk Sewer
Surcharge
Lift Station
8. A popular social concern of the late nineteenth and early 20th centuries aimed at improving the appearance of urban areas through better planning and the addition of formal - romanticized public spaces and gardens.
designed landscape
zoning
Stratification
City Beautiful Movement
9. Load applied along or parallel to and concentric with the primary axis
Wastewater
Axial Load
Interconnector
Handhole Trap
10. A sewer installed to connect two separate sewers. If one sewer becomes blocked - wastewater can back up and flow through the interconnector to the other sewer.
Interconnector
Sewer
Manifold
Permeability
11. A U.S. government agency responsible for developing and enforcing regulations that guide the use of land and natural resources.
environmental inventory
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Impermeable
Soil Pipe
12. Material used for backfilling a trench or excavation which was not the original material removed during excavation. This is a common practice where tests on the original material show it to have poor compactability or load capacity. Also called BORRO
Imported Backfill
Aeration
Sedimentation
landscape architect
13. 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
Check Valve
landscape
Gravity Flow
Capillary Action
14. 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.
agronomy
Nonpotable
new town
Admixture
15. 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.
agronomy
Adhesion
Storm Collection System
Collection Main
16. Sedimentation basin overflow weir. A plate with Vnotches along the top to ensure a uniform flow rate and avoid shortcircuiting.
Interceptor
Wasteline Vent
Laundering Weir
Baluster
17. 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
Compaction Test
landscape contractor
Baluster
18. 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.
Bedding
Lateral Sewer
Seasonal Water Table
Manhole Vents
19. The dropping or lowering of the ground surface as a result of removing excess water (overdraft or overpumping) from an aquifer. After excess water has been removed - the soil will settle - become compacted and the ground surface will drop and can cau
Supersaturated
Subsidence
Lateral Sewer
Absorption Capacity
20. The science and management of land - especially rural - agricultural land.
Walers
Roof Leader
agronomy
landscape architecture
21. 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.
Manhole Bedding
Two-Way Cleanout
Roof Leader
Housing and Urban Development - Department of (HUD)
22. 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.
Two-Way Cleanout
Sedimentation Basin
Earth Shift
Trunk Sewer
23. A capped opening in a building lateral -usually located on the property line - through which the pipelines can be cleaned.
Lateral Cleanout
Curb inlet
Sedimentation
ground water
24. Vertical member supporting the railing.
planned unit development (PUD)
Newel Post
Lateral Cleanout
Baluster
25. 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.
Oxidation Ditch
Settlement
design
Earth Shift
26. The amount of liquid which a solid material can absorb. Sand - as an example - can hold approximately onethird of its volume in water - or three cubic feet of dry sand can contain one cubic foot of water. A denser soil - such as clay - can hold much
open space
Seasonal Water Table
Absorption Capacity
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
27. A downspout or pipe installed to drain a roof gutter to a storm drain or other means of disposal.
Stratification
Roof Leader
Lateral Sewer
reclamation
28. A wastewater pumping station that lifts the wastewater to a higher elevation when continuing the sewer at reasonable slopes would involve excessive depths of trench. Also - an installation of pumps that raise wastewater from areas too low to drain in
site plan
Groundwater
Lift Station
ecology
29. A type of easement granting permission to a constructor or developer to build over a street or structure.
A S T M
Laundering Weir
Splash Pad
air rights
30. 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.
national park
Mail Line
Interceptor
B T U
31. A large - public park - often highly scenic and isolated belonging to and operated by the federal government.
Wasteline Vent
view
Admixture
national park
32. The condition of water or soil which contains a sufficient amount of acid substances to lower the pH below 7.0.
Sedimentation Basin
Acidic
Overflow Manhole
grade
33. A break in a lateral pipe somewhere between the sewer main and the building connection.
A S T M
Backfill
Lateral Break
Baluster
34. Any method of determining the weight a compacted material is able to support without damage or displacement. Usually stated in pounds per square foot.
Shear Wall
Compaction Test
Manhole Bedding
land trust
35. 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.'
Manhole
Elevation
environmental design professions
Vault
36. 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
Subsidence
Council of Landscape Architecture Registration Boards (CLARB)
new town
National Park Service (NPS)
37. The man-made creation of or alterations to a specific area - including its natural resources. This is in contrast to the 'natural environment.'
Shear Wall
built environment
Cross Braces
Water Table
38. 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.
reclamation
grade
zoning
Axial Load
39. A sewer designed to carry both sanitary wastewaters and storm or surface water runoff.
Combined Sewer
City Beautiful Movement
base plan
Storm Collection System
40. The linear or a real dimension over which a higher component transmits load to a lower component
Combined Wastewater
CADD
Storm Water
Bearing
41. 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
Wastewater Facilities
Two-Way Cleanout
zoning
42. A manhole located at the upstream end of a sewer and having no inlet pipe. Also called a DEADEND MANHOLE.
environmental impact
Bearing
Runoff
Terminal Manhole
43. 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
Angle of Repose
master plan
building (construction) permit
44. 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.'
Soil Displacement
Rubble - Random
Surcharge Manhole
base plan
45. 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.
Caisson
Surcharge Manhole
Day Tank
City Beautiful Movement
46. A network of pipes - manholes - cleanouts - traps - siphons - lift stations and other structures used to collect all wastewater and wastewatercarried wastes of an area and transport them to a treatment plant or disposal system. The collection system
Activated Sludge Process
Service Pipe
Collection System
environmental design professions
47. 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
planning
Pump Station
Activated Sludge Process
environmental impact
48. Material used to fill in a trench or excavation
Trunk Sewer
built environment
Runoff
Backfill
49. An opening or point of access in a building wastewater pipe system for rodding or snake operation.
Combined Wastewater
Wasteline Cleanout
Invert
Pump Station
50. The excess water running off from the surface of a drainage area during and immediately after a period of rain. See STORM RUNOFF.
environmental impact
Vault
Storm Water
landscape architect