MUSIC is designed to simulate urban stormwater systems operating at a range of temporal and spatial scales; catchments from 0.01 km2 to 100km2 and modelling time steps ranging from 6 minutes to 24 hours to match the catchment scale.

MUSIC is designed for urban stormwater engineers, planners, policy staff and managers in consultancies and state, regional and local government agencies.

MUSIC is designed for use by a range of urban stormwater professionals. It requires a sound knowledge of urban stormwater management principles and practices. The MUSIC software, with its user-friendly interface and supporting documentation, enable users to quickly commence applying MUSIC to their own real applications.

MUSIC has had widespread application around Australia, including:

• Melbourne Water is using MUSIC to plan future and assess land development proposals, and to design stormwater treatment strategies for new and existing drainage schemes. Application of MUSIC has resulted in significant savings on capital works, whilst still satisfying water quality criteria.
• Brisbane City Council uses MUSIC for urban catchment planning, and to design new stormwater treatment measures in Brisbane.
• Engineering consultants around Australia have used MUSIC to design urban development proposal, which meet Water Sensitive Urban Design standards.

MUSIC provides a user-friendly interface, to allow complex stormwater management scenarios to be quickly and efficiently created, and the results to be viewed using a range of graphical and tabular formats. This reduces the uncertainty surrounding the planning of stormwater management strategies, and may generate substantial cost-savings.