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Civil Engineering Vocab
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1. The upper surface of the zone of saturation of groundwater in an unconfined aquifer.
Rubble - Random
Water Table
Combined System
Balustrade
2. 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.
Compaction Test
site plan
Interceptor
master plan
3. The force that resists the separation of two bodies in contact.
land use
Adhesion
Interceptor
Service Pipe
4. 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.
built environment
land use
Splash Pad
Soil Pipe
5. A layer - usually of concrete or mortar - for providing continuous support to such items as bricks - slabs - pipes.
Bedding
Deadend Manhole
Datum Line
environmental design professions
6. Vertical member supporting the railing.
Surcharge
Baluster
manipulation of space
contour
7. 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
Lift Station
Saturated Soil
conservation plan
Artificial Groundwater Table
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.
Housing and Urban Development - Department of (HUD)
City Beautiful Movement
Riprap
site plan
9. Shoring members placed across a trench to hold other horizontal and vertical shoring members in place.
Cross Braces
Service Pipe
Admixture
Storm Water Inlet
10. A road laid through a garden or park-like landscape - usually with median and roadside plantings.
Weir
parkway
Overflow Manhole
Compaction
11. The excess water running off from the surface of a drainage area during and immediately after a period of rain. See STORM RUNOFF.
Baffle
Walers
Storm Water
manipulation of space
12. Landscape architecture - (civil) engineering - urban planning and architecture. Agronomy is also often included in this group.
Acid Rain
Runoff
Compaction Test
environmental design professions
13. The amount of runoff that reaches the point of measurement within a relatively short period of time after the occurrence of a storm or other form of precipitation. Also called 'direct runoff.'
Storm Runoff
Imported Backfill
Laundering Weir
softscape
14. A manhole located at the upstream end of a sewer and having no inlet pipe. Also called a TERMINAL MANHOLE.
Groundwater
Deadend Manhole
American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA)
Axial Load
15. An opening or point of access in a building wastewater pipe system for rodding or snake operation.
Shear Wall
Soil Pipe
Wastewater Treatment Plant
Wasteline Cleanout
16. 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.
landscape architecture registration
Combined System
Forest Service
Council of Landscape Architecture Registration Boards (CLARB)
17. The used household water and watercarried solids that flow in sewers to a wastewater treatment plant. The preferred term is WASTEWATER.
Sewage
Saturated Soil
Baluster
environmental impact
18. Any attempt to restore to beneficial use land that has lost its fertility and stability; most often applies to mining reclamation - such as the restoration of strip mines and quarries.
Select Bedding
reclamation
Liquefaction
Lateral Cleanout
19. 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.
built environment
Wasteline Vent
Trunk Sewer
Baluster
20. A collection pipe to which building laterals are connected.
Rubble - Coursed
Collection Main
Bedding
site plan
21. 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.
Estimated Flow
Wastewater Treatment Plant
Subsidence
Surface Runoff
22. 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.
Storm Collection System
CADD
Storm Water
Shear Wall
23. Railing support at landings or other breaks in the stairs. If an angle post projects beyond the bottom of the strings - the ornamental detail formed at the bottom of the post is called the drop.
Storm Runoff
drainage
environmental design professions
Angle Post
24. The pipes - conduits - structures - equipment - and processes required to collect - convey - and treat domestic and industrial wastes - and dispose of the effluent and sludge.
open space
Artificial Groundwater Table
Angle of Repose
Wastewater Facilities
25. Soil that cannot absorb any more liquid. The interstices or void spaces in the soil are filled with water to the point at which runoff occurs.
A S T M
Trunk System
Pump Station
Saturated Soil
26. Any designated use or activity on a piece of land.
manipulation of space
land use
Backfill
open space
27. Water that does not contain objectionable pollution - contamination - minerals - or infective agents and is considered satisfactory for drinking.
Potable Water
Weir
A S T M
Sewer Main
28. 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.
conservation plan
site plan
Potable Water
Balustrade
29. Masonry composed of roughly shaped stones - well bonded and brought at irregular intervals vertically to discontinuous but approximately level beds or courses.
Aeration
scenic easement
Lateral Break
Rubble - Random
30. The legal grant of right-of-use to an area of designated private property.
easement
design
designed landscape
Council of Landscape Architecture Registration Boards (CLARB)
31. The running off of water from a land surface or subsurface - such as through sewers or natural means.
Liquefaction
Surface Runoff
drainage
Potable Water
32. Material used in backfilling of an excavation - selected for desirable compaction or other characteristics.
new town
Newel Post
Select Backfill
Select Bedding
33. 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
Wastewater Collection System
Easement
Storm Water
softscape
34. A small tank (usually covered) or a storage facility used to store water for a home or farm. Often used to store rainwater.
Baffle
Axial Load
Deadend Manhole
Cistern
35. A U.S. government agency charged with administering vast areas of public land.
Rubble - Coursed
conservation
Bureau of Land Management (BLM)
Aquifer
36. A sewer line that receives wastewater from many tributary branches and sewer lines and serves as an outlet for a large territory or is used to feed an intercepting sewer.
Main Sewer
grade
Baffle
Datum Line
37. 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.
Manhole Bedding
designed landscape
landscape architecture registration
American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA)
38. 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.
Cistern
topography
conservation plan
Two-Way Cleanout
39. Any method of determining the weight a compacted material is able to support without damage or displacement. Usually stated in pounds per square foot.
Compaction Test
multiple use
Select Bedding
Supersaturated
40. In landscape architecture - an essential sheet showing site boundaries and significant site features - used as a basis for subsequent plan development.
base plan
Nonpotable
Chain of Custody
environmental impact
41. 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.
environmental inventory
Bureau of Land Management (BLM)
Infiltrated Debris
multiple use
42. 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.
parkway
Lateral Break
Compaction
Chain of Custody
43. The movement of water through very small spaces due to molecular forces.
Capillary Action
planned unit development (PUD)
Admixture
ecology
44. Movement of soil from one place to another. Generally accompanies SILTING of a sewer system. Where infiltration is taking place and silt is carried into a sewer system - such silt or soil is removed from the ground around the sewer pipe and the resul
Absorption
new town
Soil Displacement
Handhole Trap
45. Masonry composed of irregularly shaped stones laid without regularity of coursing - but well bonded.
Wasteline Cleanout
Rubble - Ordinary
greenbelt
environmental impact
46. 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
Wastewater
building codes
Gravity Flow
land use
47. 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
Wastewater
Aeration
Manifold
48. 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
Curb Stop
Estimated Flow
built environment
Surface Runoff
49. 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.
Equalizing Basin
Wastewater Treatment Plant
easement
Manifold
50. A small box-like structure that contains valves used to regulate flows.
Collection Main
drainage
Vault
agronomy