Pond Design

PondPack’s Intuitive Interface
PondPack's graphical user interface has been completely redone using Microsoft .NET technology which equates to significant productivity boosts to users throughout the project cycle. This interface streamlines network layout, data entry, and output viewing. We've kept the point-and-click schematic network representation that has made PondPack so popular, but now we've made layout even more efficient with new right-click options that enable you to add system elements "on the fly."
Integrated into Version 9 is a new project explorer which simplifies data management with a tree view of all data, similar to Windows Explorer - so it's a easy to point and click to retrieve the data. With this easy to use tree view - it's very obvious where your data is since it's all in one location.

Completely reconstructed tabbed dialog boxes consolidate data entry and output viewing for each element into a single window. Input fields dynamically format to reflect the user's selected methods, and new engineering libraries that store information such as typical runoff Curve Numbers and rainfall data are accessible directly from these fields. Even graphs are viewable through these rebuilt element dialog boxes.

Design Tabs
PondPack delivers a "start to finish" watershed solution - the sequential tabs are your design steps - so it's easy to keep track of where you are in the design process.
With these new tabs, you can start with step one, specifying your rainfall (see below for the numerous rainfall options), move through each of the steps laid out in a tabular format and quickly reach the last step, the routing process. This new structure provides all of the design information at your fingertips and will get help you get to your results faster.

Rainfall Data
Rainfall requirements vary among different cities, counties, and states. PondPack helps you to model your specific regional requirements by handling an unlimited number of synthetic or real storm events of any duration or distribution. This flexibility makes PondPack an ideal choice when dealing with complex review agency requirements. With PondPack, you can have an unlimited number of return events using standard and regionalized methods such as:

• SCS 24-hour Type I, IA, II, & III rainfall distributions

• Bulletin 70 and 71 rainfall distribution data for the Midwest U.S.

• Gauged rainfall data

• Rainfall curves created from I-D-F data

• I-D-F curves

• And more

Infiltration and Runoff Computations
With PondPack, you can apply a variety of infiltration and runoff methods to accurately solve for runoff depths and volumes for use with hydrograph calculations. You can choose from the SCS Runoff CN Method, Green & Ampt Equation, Horton Equation, initial and average infiltration rates, user-defined infiltration equations, and more.

Time of Concentration Calculator
With PondPack's Time of Concentration Calculator, you can calculate Tc quickly and accurately, even when there are several possible flow paths to consider. You can set up different "what-if" situations for various assumptions to remove the guesswork in finding the most representative Tc, or directly insert your own value.

Peak Flow & Hydrograph Methods
PondPack lets you choose from many different methods for calculating hydrographs and peak discharges, which gives you the flexibility to meet local and regional specifications and regulations. PondPack can solve for peak discharges using the SCS Graphical Peak Discharge Method, or the Rational Method, or generate and add an unlimited number of hydrographs throughout your watershed.