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Civil Engineering Vocab
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1. 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.
Housing and Urban Development - Department of (HUD)
Handhole Trap
Easement
Sedimentation Basin
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.
Sanitary Sewer
Supersaturated
Pump Station
Estimated Flow
3. 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
Chain of Custody
landscape architecture registration
Housing and Urban Development - Department of (HUD)
4. 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.
CADD
national park
zoning
Grease Trap
5. 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.
multiple use
Combined Sewer
softscape
Angle Post
6. 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.
Earth Shift
natural resources
Nonpotable
landscape
7. A mixture of storm or surface runoff and other wastewater such as domestic or industrial wastewater.
Combined Wastewater
Chain of Custody
Wastewater Facilities
historic preservation
8. 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
Selector
Subsidence
Main Sewer
Aeration
9. Sand - silt - gravel and rocks carried or washed into a collection system by infiltration water flows.
Handhole Trap
Housing and Urban Development - Department of (HUD)
Storm Sewer
Infiltrated Debris
10. A water treatment process in which solid particles settle out of the water being treated in a large clarifier or sedimentation basin.
Backfill
Sedimentation
Council of Landscape Architecture Registration Boards (CLARB)
conservation
11. 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
cost-benefit analysis
Weir
Infiltrated Debris
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
Aeration
Deadend Manhole
Outlet
Surcharge Manhole
13. 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
Angle Post
Capillary Action
drainage
14. 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.
Artesian
Runoff
zoning
Wasteline Vent
15. 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
Grease Trap
Angle Post
Oxidation Ditch
open space
16. A branch of biology dealing with the relationship between living things and their environment.
ecology
American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA)
Council of Landscape Architecture Registration Boards (CLARB)
Soil Pipe
17. The legal grant of right-of-use to an area of designated private property.
Soil Displacement
land use
Outlet
easement
18. An arrangement of pipes - equipment - devices - tanks and structures for treating wastewater and industrial wastes. A water pollution control plant.
Caisson
landscape architecture registration
Wastewater Treatment Plant
contour
19. A legal means of protecting beautiful views and associated aesthetic quality along a site by restricting change in existing features without government approval.
Earth Shift
Cistern
scenic easement
Saturated Soil
20. The condition of water or soil which contains a sufficient amount of acid substances to lower the pH below 7.0.
Combined Wastewater
Bearing Wall
Storm Water Inlet
Acidic
21. 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.
Datum Line
contour
Artesian
Potable Water
22. 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
zoning
site plan
Artificial Groundwater Table
Compaction Test
23. 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.
Sediment
Lateral Sewer
National Park Service (NPS)
Caisson
24. Solid material settled from suspension in a liquid.
Invert
Gravity Flow
easement
Sediment
25. 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
Surface Runoff
International Federation of Landscape Architects (IFLA)
ecology
Absorption Capacity
26. A structure made of concrete or other durable material to protect bare soil from erosion by splashing or falling water.
Forest Service
planning
Lateral Sewer
Splash Pad
27. Load applied along or parallel to and concentric with the primary axis
Collection System
Axial Load
Backfill
Wastewater Collection System
28. 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
Compaction
Laundering Weir
landscape contractor
Imported Backfill
29. 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
Rubble - Coursed
Imported Backfill
Shear Wall
Adsorption
30. A collection pipe to which building laterals are connected.
Weir
Manhole Bedding
Collection Main
Trunk System
31. 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.'
drainage
Surcharge Manhole
Sedimentation
Pump Station
32. 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.
view
Artesian
Septic Tank
Manhole
33. 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).
Estimated Flow
agronomy
Absorption Capacity
Absorption
34. 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
Day Tank
Trunk Sewer
air rights
Absorption Capacity
35. A trained builder or installer of landscapes - retained to implement the plans of landscape architects.
Cross Braces
Curb inlet
landscape contractor
Wastewater Collection System
36. A small tank (usually covered) or a storage facility used to store water for a home or farm. Often used to store rainwater.
Datum Line
Oxidation Ditch
landscape contractor
Cistern
37. 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.
Interceptor
topography
Lift Station
Two-Way Cleanout
38. A wall that supports any vertical load in addition to its own weight.
Bearing Wall
Grade
Admixture
Service Pipe
39. 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.
Curb inlet
cost-benefit analysis
hardscape
topography
40. Landscape architecture - (civil) engineering - urban planning and architecture. Agronomy is also often included in this group.
landscape architecture
environmental design professions
Artificial Groundwater Table
Overflow Manhole
41. 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
Vault
Runoff
Curb inlet
42. An authorization issued by a government agency allowing construction of a project according to approved plans and specifications.
Housing and Urban Development - Department of (HUD)
building (construction) permit
National Park Service (NPS)
Manhole
43. A manhole located at the upstream end of a sewer and having no inlet pipe. Also called a DEADEND MANHOLE.
Terminal Manhole
planning
Datum Line
Retention
44. American Society for Testing and Materials
Rubble - Random
Axial Load
A S T M
site plan
45. Sewers are surcharged when the supply of water to be carried is greater than the capacity of the pipes to carry the flow. The surface of the wastewater in manholes rises above the top of the sewer pipe - and the sewer is under pressure or a head - ra
Riprap
Surcharge
Datum Line
Wastewater Collection System
46. A natural underground layer of porous - waterbearing materials (sand - gravel) usually capable of yielding a large amount or supply of water.
International Federation of Landscape Architects (IFLA)
Aquifer
Sewer
Seasonal Water Table
47. 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.
Interconnector
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Adsorption
site plan
48. A line from which heights and depths are calculated or measured. Also called a datum plane or a datum level.
Grease Trap
Datum Line
Sedimentation
master plan
49. 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
landscape architecture registration
historic preservation
Admixture
Collection Main
50. A device that admits surface waters to the storm water drainage system. Also see CURB INLET and CATCH BASIN.
Storm Water Inlet
Wasteline Cleanout
landscape architecture registration
Two-Way Cleanout