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1. Downward movement of the soil or of a structure which it supports

2. 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.

3. 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.

4. Masonry composed of irregularly shaped stones laid without regularity of coursing - but well bonded.

5. A manhole located at the upstream end of a sewer and having no inlet pipe. Also called a DEADEND MANHOLE.

6. 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

7. A large - public park - often highly scenic and isolated belonging to and operated by the federal government.

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

9. A sewer designed to carry both sanitary wastewaters and storm or surface water runoff.

10. 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

11. American Society for Testing and Materials

12. The linear or a real dimension over which a higher component transmits load to a lower component

13. A system of gutters - catch basins - yard drains - culverts and pipes for the purpose of conducting storm waters from an area - but intended to exclude domestic and industrial wastes.

14. A coordinating agency formed in 1961 for state boards that administer licensing exams and maintain records for landscape architects to practice.

15. 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.

16. A natural underground layer of porous - waterbearing materials (sand - gravel) usually capable of yielding a large amount or supply of water.

17. A type of easement granting permission to a constructor or developer to build over a street or structure.

18. A sewer that receives wastewater from many tributary branches or sewers and serves a large territory and contributing population.

19. A line from which heights and depths are calculated or measured. Also called a datum plane or a datum level.

20. Solid material settled from suspension in a liquid.

21. A break in a lateral pipe somewhere between the sewer main and the building connection.

22. 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.

23. Material used to fill in a trench or excavation

24. 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.

25. 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.

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