Acknowledgements

MUSICX Version 1.0 : We would like to thank MUSIC user community for their continuous support to eWater. Special thanks to the following individuals who provided critical feedback through beta testing: Tim Fletcher (University of Melbourne), Dale Browne (e2DesignLab), Matthew Hardy (Harc Consulting), Micah Pendergast (Melbourne Water), Tony Weber (Alluvium Consulting), Shaun Leinster (Design Flow), Alan Hoban (Bligh Tanner), Glenn Browning (Healthy Land and Water), Stephanie Kermode (Sydney Water), Emma James (Sydney Water), Girja Sharma (Water NSW), James Caddey (Water NSW), Danswell Starrs (ACT Government), Michael Di Matteo (Watertech) and Joel Hall (Department of Water and Environmental Regulation).


MUSIC Version 6: eWater would like to acknowledge contributions made by the broader eWater MUSIC community. Particular thanks to Dale Browne (e2DesignLab), Georgie Wettenhall (Design Flow), Tony Weber (BMT WBM), Hugh Duncan (University of Melbourne), Cintia Dotto (CRC Water Sensitive Cities), Jay Jonasson (Ku-ring Council), Tony Merrilies (Blacktown Council), David McCarthy (Monash University), Tim Fletcher (University of Melbourne), Peter Morison (Melbourne Water) and Ana Deletic (Monash University). The change relating to evapotranspiration loss for the bioretention node (for version 6.1.0) comes  from unpublished work authored by Tim Fletcher and Hugh Duncan, Waterways Ecosystem Research Group, The University of Melbourne.


Version 5: Dr Virginia Stovin from Sheffield University for ongoing advice and support in adapting MUSIC to UK SuDS applications and science, Dr Tim Hess and Dr Jerry Knox from Cranfield University for their assistance with regards to derivation of suitable PET data sets. JBA, especially Marc Pinnell, Jeremy Benn, Oliver Francis and Jose Sabatini.


Version 4: The MUSIC User Community has driven much of the development direction for MUSIC - thank you for your invaluable feedback over many years. Thank you also to the past MUSIC developers, especially Lionel Siriwardena (University of Melbourne) who provided coding support and direction.


Numerous people have been important in assisting with the testing and release of MUSIC , including Anne Lintern (Monash University), Kate Mann (eWater CRC), David Ljubic (eWater CRC), Sally Hunter (eWater CRC), Nicole Ramilo (BMT WBM), Michael Hughes (BMT WBM), Bruce Harris (BMT WBM), Herry Hamidjaja (eWater CRC) and Matthew Sant (eWater Innovation). Ralph Ogden (eWater CRC), Tony Wong (AECOM), Tony McAlister (BMT WBM), Michael Bermingham (Melbourne Water) and Anne Simi (Brisbane City Council) all contributed by their involvement in the development Governance Committee - Thank you.


Version 3: A number of people helped in beta-testing version 3 of MUSIC, including Geoff Taylor, Dale Browne and Erin Pears (Monash University), Alain Séven (École des Ingenieurs de la Ville de Paris), Georgie Wettenhall (Ecological Engineering), Tony Weber (WBM Oceanics) and Jake Moore (Melbourne Water). Grace Mitchell (Monash University) and Sara Lloyd (Monash University and Melbourne Water) made helpful suggestions on improvements to enhance MUSIC v3.


Version 2: Contributions to MUSIC came from a number of members and associates of the CRC for Catchment Hydrology. In particular we wish to thank Tony Weber and André Taylor (Brisbane City Council), and Graham Rooney (Melbourne Water) for their ongoing feedback and support. Dale Browne (Melbourne Water) also contributed significantly to development of MUSIC Version 2. Jane Catford (CRC Summer Student) reviewed water quality standards, and Dr. Peter Breen (CRC for Freshwater Ecology) provided advice and technical input. David Perry (CRC Communication and Adoption Program Leader) coordinated the production of the MUSIC support material and training. Lucy Peljo, Jodie Fielding and Allison Horne (Brisbane City Council) provided comments on earlier versions of the manual.