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1. Material used in backfilling of an excavation - selected for desirable compaction or other characteristics.
Pump Station
Impermeable
Service Pipe
Select Backfill
2. 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.
Day Tank
Manifold
Estimated Flow
Groundwater
3. A separate pipe - conduit or open channel (sewer) that carries runoff from storms - surface drainage - and street wash - but does not include domestic and industrial wastes. Storm sewers are often the recipients of hazardous or toxic substances due t
environmental design professions
Storm Sewer
easement
Permeability
4. 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.
landscape architect
Impermeable
Shear Wall
Bedding
5. A U.S. government agency responsible for developing and enforcing regulations that guide the use of land and natural resources.
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Angle Post
Sewage
Storm Runoff
6. 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.
Admixture
manipulation of space
Balustrade
Pump Station
7. That part of the precipitation falling on a drainage area which does not escape as surface stream flow during a given period. It is the difference between total precipitation and total runoff during the period - and represents evaporation - transpira
Wastewater
natural resources
Weir
Retention
8. A type of wastewater or service connection pipe made of a low grade of cast iron. _ In plumbing - a pipe that carries the discharge of toilets or similar fixtures - with or without the discharges from other fixtures.
base plan
Soil Pipe
Storm Sewer
Weir
9. A legal means of protecting beautiful views and associated aesthetic quality along a site by restricting change in existing features without government approval.
scenic easement
Outlet
Sedimentation
Walers
10. Shoring members placed across a trench to hold other horizontal and vertical shoring members in place.
Saturated Soil
landscape architecture
Gravity Flow
Cross Braces
11. 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.
Hydrostatic Pressure
Acidic
Balustrade
planning
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
multiple use
Activated Sludge Process
Combined Sewer
Curb Stop
13. The creative illustration - planning and specification of space for the greatest possible amount of harmony - utility - value and beauty.
Roof Leader
design
landscape architecture
Sewer Main
14. A device made of pipe fittings used to prevent sewer gases escaping from the branch or lateral sewer from entering a building sewer.
Handhole Trap
Angle Post
Grade
Rubble - Ordinary
15. Tamping or rolling of a material to achieve a surface or density that is able to support predicted loads.
Compaction
zoning
Axial Load
Aeration
16. 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.
designed landscape
Saturated Soil
Check Valve
environmental impact
17. A record of each person involved in the handling and possession of a sample from the person who collected the sample to the person who analyzed the sample in the laboratory and to the person who witnessed disposal of the sample.
Chain of Custody
landscape contractor
Baffle
historic preservation
18. An agency of the U.S. Department of the Interior charged with the planning and administration of all parks and monuments in the federal park system. The NPS is often referred to as the largest single employer of landscape architects in the United Sta
Bedding
National Park Service (NPS)
Sedimentation
Baluster
19. A line from which heights and depths are calculated or measured. Also called a datum plane or a datum level.
Pump Station
Datum Line
Lift Station
Stratification
20. 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.'
Groundwater
Artesian
Main Sewer
Catch Basin
21. Precipitation which has been rendered (made) acidic by airborne pollutants.
Vault
Acidic
Acid Rain
easement
22. One or a series of oneinch diameter holes through a manhole lid for purposes of venting dangerous gases found in sewers.
environmental impact
Manhole Vents
Weir
Balustrade
23. 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.'
Combined Wastewater
Splash Pad
Manhole
hardscape
24. 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
building (construction) permit
American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA)
Lateral Break
25. A small tank (usually covered) or a storage facility used to store water for a home or farm. Often used to store rainwater.
Select Bedding
building (construction) permit
Wasteline Cleanout
Cistern
26. 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
Easement
agronomy
Wasteline Cleanout
Sanitary Sewer
27. A sewer designed to carry both sanitary wastewaters and storm or surface water runoff.
conservation
Combined System
landscape architect
Nonpotable
28. A pipe or conduit (sewer) intended to carry wastewater or waterborne wastes from homes - businesses - and industries to the POTW (Publicly Owned Treatment Works). Storm water runoff or unpolluted water should be collected and transported in a separat
Sanitary Sewer
Riprap
Wastewater
Splash Pad
29. Landscape architecture - (civil) engineering - urban planning and architecture. Agronomy is also often included in this group.
Storm Runoff
natural resources
Sewage
environmental design professions
30. This landscape architecture specialization has evolved to encompass maintenance of a site in its present condition; conservation of a site as part of a larger area of historic importance; restoration of a site to a given date or quality; renovation o
Secondary Treatment
Groundwater
Storm Collection System
historic preservation
31. A wall that resist horizontal forces applied in the plane of the wall.
Shear Wall
International Federation of Landscape Architects (IFLA)
Forest Service
Roof Leader
32. A small box-like structure that contains valves used to regulate flows.
B T U
Storm Runoff
Vault
land use
33. Federal agency responsible for producing and managing many federally-funded public service programs - especially those affecting housing and public spaces.
Housing and Urban Development - Department of (HUD)
greenbelt
Compaction Test
environmental impact
34. A water service shutoff valve located in a water service pipe near the curb and between the water main and the building. This valve is usually operated by a wrench or valve key and is used to start or stop flows in the water service line to a buildin
Main Sewer
land trust
natural resources
Curb Stop
35. A layer - usually of concrete or mortar - for providing continuous support to such items as bricks - slabs - pipes.
air rights
Subsidence
Bedding
Angle Post
36. A pipe or conduit that carries wastewater or drainage water. The term 'collection line' is often used also.
Interconnector
historic preservation
Sewer
Walers
37. 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.
Wastewater
Compaction Test
Select Bedding
hardscape
38. 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.
Wastewater Treatment Plant
Equalizing Basin
Permeability
Interconnector
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.
B T U
Bearing
grade
Day Tank
40. 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.
Newel Post
Runoff
Storm Water Inlet
Lift Station
41. A trained builder or installer of landscapes - retained to implement the plans of landscape architects.
Sewer
Imported Backfill
landscape contractor
planning
42. 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.'
Cross Braces
Aquifer
greenbelt
Angle of Repose
43. Narrowly defined - the amount of countryside and/or city that can be taken in at a glance. Also - an area of land or water taken in the aggregate.
landscape
Sedimentation Basin
Grease Trap
topography
44. An authorization issued by a government agency allowing construction of a project according to approved plans and specifications.
International Federation of Landscape Architects (IFLA)
building (construction) permit
Sediment
Deadend Manhole
45. A sewer designed to carry both sanitary wastewaters and storm or surface water runoff.
natural resources
Combined Sewer
Newel Post
Curb Stop
46. Downstream opening or discharge end of a pipe - culvert - or canal.
Outlet
Riprap
scenic easement
Equalizing Basin
47. The force that resists the separation of two bodies in contact.
Two-Way Cleanout
Adhesion
Walers
ecology
48. A capped opening in a building lateral -usually located on the property line - through which the pipelines can be cleaned.
Infiltrated Debris
Capillary Action
Lateral Cleanout
designed landscape
49. Rain and snow water accumulated in the earth's porous rock.
ground water
Deadend Manhole
Walers
Wastewater
50. A chamber or well built at the curbline of a street to admit gutter flow to the storm water drainage system. Also see STORM WATER INLET and CATCH BASIN.
Curb inlet
CADD
Estimated Flow
Bureau of Land Management (BLM)
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