# US 11,028,568 B1 · Detention pond method > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 11,028,568 B1 - Document ID: US11028568B1 - Status: Granted - Kind: B1 - Application number: 16/825,306 - Filed: 2020-03-20 - Granted: 2021-06-08 - Earliest claimed: 2020-03-20 - Applicants: Frank Charles Adamek; Benton Frederick Baugh - Inventors: Frank Charles Adamek; Benton Frederick Baugh - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11028568B1 ## CPC - E03F 1/001: {into a body of water} - E03F 5/103: {Naturals or landscape retention bodies, e.g. ponds} - E03F 5/106: {Passive flow control devices, i.e. not moving during flow regulation} - E03F 5/107: {Active flow control devices, i.e. moving during flow regulation} - E02B 3/02: Stream regulation, e.g. breaking up subaqueous rock, cleaning the beds of waterways, directing the water flow ({harvesting water plants A01D44/00; underwater loosening of soil or rocks for foundation construction E02D17/16}; dredging or scraping devices E02F5/28) - E03F: SEWERS; CESSPOOLS - E02B: HYDRAULIC ENGINEERING (ship-lifting E02C; dredging E02F) ## Abstract A detention pond for the passive temporary storage of detained water during a potential flooding event near a river, stream or bayou where the depth and therefore the volume of the detention pond is not set by the elevation of the normally flowing water in said river, stream or bayou adjacent detention pond but rather the drain line connects to the river, stream or bayou downstream of the detention pond where the elevation is at a lower level, allowing the detention pond to be dug deeper and therefore of proportionately greater volume. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A method of using a detention pond which will completely drain during non-flooding times to minimize flooding during a flooding event, comprising providing a detention pond, digging said detention pond to a deeper elevation than an elevation of a normal flowing level of an adjacent portion of a river, stream, or bayou proximate said detention pond, connecting a first end of a drain pipe to a bottom of said detention pond, and connecting a second end of said drain pipe to said river, stream, or bayou at a downstream location where the normal flowing elevation of said river, stream, or bayou is lower than the normal flowing elevation of said river, stream, or bayou proximate said detention pond, such that said detention pond will completely drain during non-flooding times and therefore have a greater water storage capacity for a given surface area of real estate that a detention pond dug to the normal flowing elevation of the river, stream, or bayou proximate said detention pond. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1 wherein said downstream location on said river, stream, or bayou is the location of a second detention pond. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1 wherein three or more detention ponds are interconnected. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1 further comprising adding a valve to said drain pipe to allow water to be stored in said detention pond at times when flooding is not a consideration. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The method of claim 4 further comprising said valve is manually actuated. ### Claim 6 (depends on 4) The method of claim 4 further comprising said valve is equipped with a power actuator such as electric, hydraulic, or pneumatic. ### Claim 7 (depends on 4) The method of claim 4 further comprising said valve is adjustable to regulate the rate of flow from said detention pond back into said river, stream, or bayou. ### Claim 8 (depends on 4) The method of claim 4 further comprising said valve is a multi-position valve with at least a closed position, a high flow position, and a low flow position. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1 further comprising connecting two detention ponds with an interconnecting pipe to allow an upstream detention pond to be dug to a similar depth as a downstream detention pond. ### Claim 10 A method of using a detention pond whose volume is generally a product of a surface area times a depth which will completely drain during non-flooding times to minimize flooding during a flooding event, comprising providing a detention pond, digging said detention pond to a deeper elevation than an elevation of a normal flowing level of an adjacent portion of a river, stream, or bayou proximate said detention pond, connecting a first end of a drain pipe near a bottom of said detention pond, and connecting a second end of said drain pipe to said river, stream, or bayou at a downstream location where a normal flowing elevation of said river, stream, or bayou is lower than the normal flowing elevation of said river, stream, or bayou proximate said detention pond, such that said detention pond will completely drain during non-flooding times and will have a greater water storage capacity for a given surface area of real estate than a detention pond dug to the normal flowing elevation of the river, stream, or bayou proximate said detention pond. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The method of claim 10 wherein said downstream location on said river, stream, or bayou is the location of a second detention pond. ### Claim 12 (depends on 10) The method of claim 10 wherein three or more detention ponds are interconnected. ### Claim 13 (depends on 10) The method of claim 10 further comprising adding a valve to said drain-pipe to allow water to be stored in said detention pond at times when flooding is not a consideration. ### Claim 14 (depends on 10) The method of claim 10 further comprising connecting two detention ponds with an interconnecting pipe to allow an upstream detention pond to be dug to a similar depth as a downstream detention pond. ### Claim 15 A method of using a detention pond which will completely drain during non-flooding times to minimize flooding during a flooding event, comprising providing a detention pond near a river, stream, or bayou which has a first normal flowing water level proximate said detention pond and a lower second flowing water elevation at a downstream location, digging said detention pond to a deeper elevation than said first normal flowing water level of said river, stream, or bayou but not deeper than said lower second flowing water elevation, connecting a first end of a drain pipe to the bottom of said detention pond, and connecting a second end of said drain pipe to said river, stream, or bayou at said downstream location, such that said detention pond will completely drain during non-flooding times and therefore have a greater water storage capacity for a given surface area of real estate that a detention pond dug to said first normal flowing elevation of said river, stream, or bayou. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The method of claim 15 wherein said downstream location on said river, stream, or bayou is the location of a second detention pond. ### Claim 17 (depends on 15) The method of claim 15 wherein three or more detention ponds are interconnected. ### Claim 18 (depends on 15) The method of claim 15 further comprising adding a valve to said drain pipe to allow water to be stored in said detention pond at times when flooding is not a consideration. ### Claim 19 (depends on 18) The method of claim 18 further comprising said valve is a multi-position valve with at least a closed position, a high flow position, and a low flow position. ### Claim 20 (depends on 15) The method of claim 15 further comprising connecting two detention ponds with an interconnecting pipe to allow an upstream detention pond to be dug to a similar depth as a downstream detention pond.