MUSIC Auditor | MUSIC model assessment tool for SA MUSIC Guidelines

In this short video (less than 3 minutes), Dale Browne, Senior Environmental Engineer, E2Designlab, gives a quick overview of:

• what is MUSIC Auditor?
• who has it  been developed for?
• how will MUSIC Auditor help to save practitioners time and deliver better quality control in modelling?

The Model for urban stormwater improvement conceptualisation (MUSIC) Auditor assesses a MUSIC model against relevant criteria as specified in the South Australian MUSIC Guidelines. MUSIC Auditor identifies any MUSIC model input parameters that do not comply with the guidelines or parameters that are outside common or expected ranges. The Auditor provides a summary report identifying any areas of non-compliance and further commentary to assist both consultants in revising their model or assessing authorities to make a decision whether or not to accept any non-compliance.

Join Dr Dale Browne, Senior Environmental Engineer, E2Designlab for this online training.

WHO SHOULD ATTEND

• Regulators in local and state government responsible for assessing the adequacy of WSUD elements within stormwater management plans to meet the relevant stormwater quality pollution reduction targets
• Engineering consultants seeking to understand MUSIC compliance requirements

TOPICS

MUSIC as a compliance tool

• Stormwater runoff quality objectives

Assessing a MUSIC Model

• What the assessor needs to do
• How the MUSIC Auditor can help
• How the MUSIC Auditor works
• What the MUSIC Auditor does not do
• Parameter range checks
• Upper and lower limits

Reviewing climate data

Reviewing catchment data

• Area and impervious fraction
• Soil parameters
• Pollutant concentrations

Reviewing treatment data

• Wetland case study
• Bioretention case study
• Guideline and recommended ranges Interpreting results
• Warnings vs hard limits
• Justification of variations