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Civil Engineering Vocab
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1. 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
Wastewater
landscape
Curb Stop
Absorption Capacity
2. 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.
Clear Well
landscape contractor
Runoff
historic preservation
3. 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.
Adsorption
open space
Axial Load
Forest Service
4. 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
Grade
national park
Pump Station
Equalizing Basin
5. Tamping or rolling of a material to achieve a surface or density that is able to support predicted loads.
Bedding
Manhole Bedding
Compaction
Outlet
6. 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.'
Capillary Action
Angle of Repose
Service Pipe
base plan
7. 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.
Rubble - Coursed
topography
agronomy
Main Sewer
8. 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
Shear Wall
Rubble - Random
Storm Sewer
Wastewater Facilities
9. 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.
parkway
Angle Post
City Beautiful Movement
Sewer Main
10. The lowest point of the channel inside a pipe - conduit - or canal.
Invert
Roof Leader
Service Pipe
Laundering Weir
11. A branch of biology dealing with the relationship between living things and their environment.
ecology
Absorption Capacity
Deadend Manhole
softscape
12. 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
ecology
Angle Post
Aeration
Pump Station
13. 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.
Select Bedding
Soil Pipe
Collection Main
Soil Displacement
14. The precipitation that cannot be absorbed by the soil and flows across the surface by gravity. The water that reaches a stream by traveling over the soil surface or falls directly into the stream channels - including not only the large permanent stre
Impermeable
Interceptor
Surface Runoff
Lateral Sewer
15. 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
ground water
Imported Backfill
Lift Station
agronomy
16. 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.
Catch Basin
Clear Well
site plan
Trunk Sewer
17. 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
Chain of Custody
landscape contractor
Potable Water
18. The man-made creation of or alterations to a specific area - including its natural resources. This is in contrast to the 'natural environment.'
Angle Post
built environment
Riprap
Surface Runoff
19. 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.
Storm Collection System
Day Tank
Combined System
landscape architect
20. 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
Overflow Manhole
conservation plan
topography
Lift Station
21. A small box-like structure that contains valves used to regulate flows.
Adsorption
Trunk Sewer
Storm Water
Vault
22. The gathering of a gas - liquid - or dissolved substance on the surface or interface zone of another material. Advanced Waste Treatment (water) n Any process of water renovation that upgrades treated wastewater to meet specific reuse requirements. Ma
Adsorption
Select Backfill
Splash Pad
Absorption
23. Narrowly defined - an extended view or prospect from a site which - many times - is as important as or more important than the site itself.
Easement
view
Main Sewer
planning
24. 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.
manipulation of space
environmental impact
Sewer
open space
25. The movement of water through very small spaces due to molecular forces.
Bearing Wall
Caisson
Capillary Action
Rubble - Coursed
26. The formation of separate layers (of temperature - plant - or animal life) in a lake or reservoir. Each layer has similar characteristics such as all water in the layer has the same temperature. Also see THERMAL STRATIFICATION.
Stratification
Riprap
Water Table
manipulation of space
27. 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.
Check Valve
landscape
Bureau of Land Management (BLM)
Catch Basin
28. 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.
Equalizing Basin
agronomy
designed landscape
Wastewater Treatment Plant
29. 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
Adhesion
Collection System
open space
Aquifer
30. A sewer designed to carry both sanitary wastewaters and storm or surface water runoff.
Bureau of Land Management (BLM)
Artificial Groundwater Table
Supersaturated
Combined Sewer
31. In zoning - a housing or commercial development composed of individual units that are regulated as a whole.
planned unit development (PUD)
environmental inventory
Groundwater
Wastewater Facilities
32. 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
Sanitary Sewer
ecology
Septic Tank
landscape architect
33. An opening or point of access in a building wastewater pipe system for rodding or snake operation.
Wasteline Cleanout
landscape contractor
air rights
Sediment
34. Acronym for 'Computer Aided (i.e. - Assisted) Design and Drafting -' a digital design process in which landscape architects use computers to help produce precise drawings and details for the construction of a project.
Interconnector
Invert
Newel Post
CADD
35. 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
Wasteline Cleanout
designed landscape
design
historic preservation
36. A large - public park - often highly scenic and isolated belonging to and operated by the federal government.
Storm Sewer
landscape
national park
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.
Forest Service
land use
hardscape
Wasteline Vent
38. One or a series of oneinch diameter holes through a manhole lid for purposes of venting dangerous gases found in sewers.
Manhole Vents
National Park Service (NPS)
planning
Combined System
39. A mixture of storm or surface runoff and other wastewater such as domestic or industrial wastewater.
International Federation of Landscape Architects (IFLA)
Laundering Weir
Combined Wastewater
Service Pipe
40. 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.
Caisson
Chain of Custody
Splash Pad
Activated Sludge Process
41. A line from which heights and depths are calculated or measured. Also called a datum plane or a datum level.
American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA)
Datum Line
Nonpotable
Acid Rain
42. A structure made of concrete or other durable material to protect bare soil from erosion by splashing or falling water.
agronomy
new town
Splash Pad
Manhole Vents
43. 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.
Datum Line
multiple use
Sedimentation
Wasteline Vent
44. 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.
Axial Load
City Beautiful Movement
Forest Service
design
45. A road laid through a garden or park-like landscape - usually with median and roadside plantings.
landscape architect
Axial Load
parkway
Angle of Repose
46. 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).
Storm Sewer
Trunk Sewer
Absorption
Elevation
47. 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
Wastewater Treatment Plant
Caisson
48. 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.
topography
Manhole Vents
American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA)
Gravity Flow
49. 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.
planned unit development (PUD)
Aquifer
Capillary Action
Hydrostatic Pressure
50. A strip of unspoiled - often treed - agricultural or other outlying land used to separate or ring urban areas.
greenbelt
landscape contractor
Surcharge
air rights