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1. The prepared and compacted base on which a manhole is constructed.

2. The movement of water through very small spaces due to molecular forces.

3. A system of major sewers serving as transporting lines and not as local or lateral sewers.

4. 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.

5. Any designated use or activity on a piece of land.

6. The oxidation ditch is a modified form of the activated sludge process. The ditch consists of two channels placed side by side and connected at the ends to produce one continuous loop of wastewater flow and a brush rotator assembly placed across the

7. A strip of unspoiled - often treed - agricultural or other outlying land used to separate or ring urban areas.

8. In zoning - a housing or commercial development composed of individual units that are regulated as a whole.

9. The elevation of the invert (or bottom) of a pipeline - canal - culvert - or similar conduit. _ The inclination or slope of a pipeline - conduit - stream channel - or natural ground surface; usually expressed in terms of the ratio or percentage of nu

10. 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.

11. 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

12. A trained builder or installer of landscapes - retained to implement the plans of landscape architects.

13. In landscape architecture - an essential sheet showing site boundaries and significant site features - used as a basis for subsequent plan development.

14. The height to which something is elevated - such as the height above sea level.

15. The creative illustration - planning and specification of space for the greatest possible amount of harmony - utility - value and beauty.

16. 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.

17. 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

18. 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

19. A mixture of storm or surface runoff and other wastewater such as domestic or industrial wastewater.

20. 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

21. A preliminary plan showing proposed ultimate site development. Master plans often comprise site work that must be executed in phases over a long time and are thus subject to drastic modification.

22. A railing composed of balusters capped by a handrail.

23. 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

24. The protection - improvement and use of natural resources according to principles that will assure the highest economic or social benefits for people and the environment now and in the future.

25. Precipitation which has been rendered (made) acidic by airborne pollutants.

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