Detention Pond Designer Skill
SkillFiles & storageDetention/retention pond design skill for storage, outlet structures, and emergency spillways
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Add ahel to your AI once: Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, Claude Code or Codex. Then ask it to use this.
Then ask your AI: use the Detention Pond Designer Skill skill
What this skill tells your AI
The instructions your AI receives, as published by a5c-ai/babysitter in library/specializations/domains/science/civil-engineering/skills/detention-pond-designer/SKILL.md and read by ahel’s review.
Purpose
The Detention Pond Designer Skill designs stormwater detention and retention facilities including storage volumes, outlet structures, and emergency spillways.
Capabilities
- Storage volume calculation
- Outlet structure sizing
- Stage-storage-discharge relationships
- Multi-stage outlet design
- Emergency spillway sizing
- Sediment storage calculation
- Water quality volume
- Routing analysis
Usage Guidelines
When to Use
- Designing detention basins
- Sizing outlet structures
- Meeting regulatory requirements
- Evaluating water quality treatment
Prerequisites
- Inflow hydrographs available
- Release rate requirements known
- Site constraints identified
- Regulatory criteria established
Best Practices
- Size for multiple storms
- Include freeboard
- Plan for maintenance access
- Consider downstream impacts
Process Integration
This skill integrates with:
- Stormwater Management Design
Configuration
detention-pond-designer:
design-types:
- detention
- retention
- extended-detention
outlets:
- orifice
- weir
- riser
- multi-stage
routing:
- modified-puls
- storage-indication
Output Artifacts
- Storage calculations
- Outlet sizing
- Stage-storage-discharge curves
- Routing summaries
Signals
- GitHub stars
- 2k
- Forks
- 112
- Last commit
- Sep 2026
Advanced
- Item type
- skill
- Key
detention-pond-designer- Source
- github.com/a5c-ai/babysitter