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Definition of Terms

The document defines various terms related to construction, excavation, drainage, waste disposal, and sewer systems. It provides definitions for terms like backfill, borrow pit, contingency, drainage, effluent, excavation, flowable fill, manifold, reservoir, salination, sanitary sewer, septic tank, sewage, sewerage system, sewer, structural fill, trench, waste, waste disposal, wastewater, and water salinization. Many of the terms relate to removing and transporting water and waste through pipes and storage systems.

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Definition of Terms

The document defines various terms related to construction, excavation, drainage, waste disposal, and sewer systems. It provides definitions for terms like backfill, borrow pit, contingency, drainage, effluent, excavation, flowable fill, manifold, reservoir, salination, sanitary sewer, septic tank, sewage, sewerage system, sewer, structural fill, trench, waste, waste disposal, wastewater, and water salinization. Many of the terms relate to removing and transporting water and waste through pipes and storage systems.

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RAMON MAGSAYSAY TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY

IBA, ZAMBALES

COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND ARCHITECTURE


DEFINITION OF TERMS
BACKFILL- is mainly natural material that is used to fill in some void left after
construction or excavation efforts.

BORROW PIT- also known as a sand box, is an area where material has been dug for
use at another location.

CONTINGENCY- a future event or circumstance that is possible but cannot be


predicted with certainty.

DIGESTIVE CHAMBER-

DRAINAGE- the act or process of removing water or liquid from a place or thing

EFFLUENT- is an outflowing of water or gas from a natural body of water, or from a


manmade structure.

EXCAVATION-any man-made cut, cavity, trench, or depression in the earth’s surface


formed by earth removal.

FLOWABLE FILL- is a self-compacting low material with a flowable consistency that


is used as an economical fill or backfill material as an alternative to compacted
granular fill.

INFILTRATOR CHAMBER

LEACHING WELL

MANIFOLD- is a pipe or chamber branching into several openings.

POLYPIG

RESERVOIR- is a receptacle or chamber for storing a fluid.

SALINATION- the act of washing with salt water

SANITARY SEWER- a system of pipes used to transport human waste.

SEPTIC TANK - As used throughout this document a holding tank in which the solid
matter of sewage is decomposed or digested by bacteria under predominantly
anaerobic conditions where no on-site disposal occurs and, therefore, is not under
the jurisdiction of the local Health Department.

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RAMON MAGSAYSAY TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY
IBA, ZAMBALES

COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND ARCHITECTURE


SETBACK

SEWAGE - is water-carried waste, in solution or suspension that is intended to be


removed from a community.

SEWERAGE SYSTEM - The system of pipes used to collect and carry rain, waste
water and trade waste away for treatment and disposal is called the sewerage or the
waste water system.

SEWER - A hydraulically designed, usually subterranean, conduit used to transport


wastewater.

SEWER PIPE

STRUCTURAL FILL

TRENCH- is defined as a narrow underground excavation that is deeper than it is


wide, and no wider than 15 feet.

WASTE- is any substance which is discarded after primary use, or it’s worthless,
defective and of no use.

WASTE DISPOSAL- Proper disposition of a discarded or discharged material in


accordance with local environmental guidelines or laws

WASTE PIPE-is any pipe in a drainage installation which receives the discharge of
any fixture except water closet and conveys the same to the soil branch, soil pipe or
house drain.

WASTEWATER – The liquid and water-carried wastes from residences, businesses,


and industries together with any ground or surface water that may be present.

WATER SALINIZATION- the process by which water-soluble salts accumulate in


the soil.

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