Australian stormwater flow software goes global

A Commercialisation Australia grant will enable an Australian invention that simulates stormwater flows to go global.

The grant will customise, for the UK market, the software that simulates stormwater flows and can be used to monitor pollution impacts with a view to their control.

music (model for urban stormwater improvement conceptualisation) was developed by the Canberra-based eWater Cooperative Research Centre and has been in use in Australia for some years.

Commercialisation Australia CEO Doron Ben-Meir says music’s adaptation has exceeded all expectations.

“It has demonstrated the potential to achieve a 40% improvement in pollutant reduction in performance tests against similar UK-developed applications,” Ben-Meir said.

“Through a joint venture with a UK water engineering group, eWater plans to take music and related products further afield - to European, North American and Asian markets.

“This is precisely why the government established Commercialisation Australia - to help Australian businesses get their new products onto local and global markets through the provision of critical funding and business assistance,”  Ben-Meir said.

The eWater CRC partners with major water industry utilities and organisations around Australia and in the UK, including water authorities, state government agencies managing natural resources and consultants.

Last month, eWater launched another innovative software product which saves water by modelling human behaviour. Urban Developer was launched at Singapore Water Week as part of an Austrade promotion of Australian water products to South-East Asia.

Since opening to applications in early 2010, Commercialisation Australia has awarded almost $58 million to 145 Australian companies, researchers and inventors, with funding offers ranging from $50,000 to $2 million.