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RB 77/00050 Groundwater resources available for South-East town water supplies, review no. 3, Naracoorte.
Naracoorte town water supply can be increased by drilling additional production wells to the confined Knight Group sand aquifer which occurs at a depth of about 150 m below the town. D-rawdown interference from nearby production wells is expected to...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1977
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RB 77/00087 South-East water resources, Mundulla town water supply. Progress report no. 2.
A recent scout well drilled into the confined Dilwyn Formation (formerly Knight Group) at Mundulla intersected only low permeability sediments unsuitable for development. However, this does not rule out the possibility that a suitable aquifer will be...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1977
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RB 78/00009 EWS Department - Mount Gambier town water supply standby well no. 7.
The first of a series of high yielding standby wells exploring the confined aquifer was drilled to 208 metres using both rotary and cable tool. Production interval is from 184.6 to 205.3 metres in unconsolidated sands of Dilwyn Formation.-
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Published: 01 Jan 1978
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RB 77/00069 South-East water resources well survey - Confined aquifer in the Kingston-Lucindale area.
All water wells visited in this area intersect the confined aquifer. An inspection has shown that of a total of 178 wells, 49 were leaking at the surface. Total maximum surface leakage is estimated as 1 x 106 m-Vyear with 3 wells responsible for 75%...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1977
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RB 78/00041 Naracoorte planning study engineering geology investigations - B. Turner and Associates.
Naracoorte Corporation area straddles two northwesterly trending dune ridges and their corresponding flats. Cemented limestones of the Bridgewater Formation and Gambier Limestone, occasionally mantled by windblown sands, form the two ridges; younger...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1978
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RB 78/00036 Kingston town water supply completion report for well no. 11 - EWS Department.
New production water well was drilled to 71 metres.-
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Published: 01 Jan 1978
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RB 79/00076 Naracoorte town water supply, completion report for well no. 10 - EWS Department.
A new town water supply well, Naracoorte no. 10, encountered permeable confined aquifer sands at 160 m depth. Subsequent testing showed the well to have a yield of from 6000 to 7000 cubic m/day at a recommended pump intake depth of 85 m, with less...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1979
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RB 93/00014 Blue Lake hydrogeological investigation progress report no. 1. Assessment of available hydrogeological data.
The Blue Lake is a valued water resource for the City of Mt Gambier and there is increasing community concern regarding its longer term sustainable use. The lake is groundwater fed and there is known contamination of the unconfined aquifer in the...-
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Published: 01 Mar 1993
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RB 98/00005 Padthaway Irrigation Area, South-East, South Australia. Groundwater quality investigation. Drilling program, December 1996 - January 1997.
In the main irrigation area of the Padthaway Proclaimed Wells Area, viticulture is the dominant form of agriculture, and has been since the early 1970s. Local groundwater, extracted from the underlying Quaternary unconfined aquifer, is used...-
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Published: 20 Feb 1998
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RB 93/00051 Otway Basin hydrogeological investigation. Phase 2 - Groundwater residence times.
Stable isotopes (deuterium, carbon-13 and oxygen-18) and radiocarbon (carbon-14) have been used in conjunction with chemical data to evaluate recharge mechanisms, groundwater residence time and palaeohydrology within the confined Dilwyn Formation sand...-
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Published: 01 Feb 1994
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RB 95/00017 Gas sampling from water bores in the northern Gambier Basin, South Australia.
In January 1993, 15 water bores in the South-East were sampled for headspace gas. 7 of these bores provided sufficient gas for compositional analysis of hydrocarbons. Methane values ranged from 25% to 92% of the total gas for these bores, with...-
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Published: 01 Jun 1995
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Heathfield 1. Well completion report.
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Published: 01 Jan 1964
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1986 seismic survey, Burrungule detail, operations report.
AIM: This seismic survey of 35 lines with a total coverage of 200.1 line kms was shot to further detail leads identified by the 1985 Burrungule Seismic Survey, and thereby attempt to upgrade at least two of them to drillable prospect status. The work...-
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RB 72/00064 Completion report and pump test, Tarpeena town water supply bore no. 1, town lot 127 Hd Mingbool - EWS Department.
Following discussion between this Department's Resident Geologist at Naracoorte and the E. & W.S. Department's Regional Engineer, Southern, a request was received from the latter Department in a letter dated 12th July, 1971, to sink and pump test...-
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Published: 19 Apr 1972
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RB 72/00206 Summary of the hydrogeology of the South-East Province.
Groundwater of the South East province forms one of the most important water resources of the State. All towns south of Keith and, indeed, most towns in the Murray and Otway Basins rely on groundwater for their supplies. Therefore it is important that...-
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Published: 06 Nov 1972
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RB 74/00227 Tarpeena town water supply bore no. 2 aquifer test.
The Tarpeena T.W.S. Bore No. 2 was completed in October 1973 to augment the existing town water supply. An aquifer test was carried out, using Bore No. 1 as an observation bore. The test, of 8 hours duration, gave a value of transmissivity of 1088...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1977
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RB 75/00108 Beachport town water supply, flow testing of bore no. 3 completion report and recommendations.
The Beachport Town Water Supply No. 3 was flow-tested using a series of orifice plates. The testing programme consisted of a main test and five stages in a flow recession test. The orifice plates were used not to measure flow rate, but to ensure a...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1978
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The Padthaway Ridge Sedimentary Uranium Project. Joint annual technical reports to licences' combined full surrender, for the period 30/1/2008 to 3/9/2013.
A package of fourteen mineral exploration tenements were taken up that straddled the north-eastern and south-western sides of the Padthaway Ridge, to allow the licensee to explore both the Tertiary Murray Basin and Gambier Basin sediments where they...-
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Published: 16 Jul 1913
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RB 2000/00040 Assessment of the potential use of the groundwater resources in the area south of Mount Gambier.
Numerical modelling of the hydrogeology in the area south of Mount Gambier was used to examine the potential of increasing the Permissible Annual Volumes of extraction for the unconfined aquifer, beyond the levels of assessed vertical recharge to the...-
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Published: 01 Oct 2000
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RB 2000/00049 Water resource assessment, Lacepede-Kongorong Prescribed Wells Area (for the South-East Catchment Water Management Board).
The Lacepede-Kongorong Prescribed Wells Area (PWA) is the largest in the South-East, extending from the Coorong to Port MacDonnell, and from the coast to the boundaries of the adjoining Padthaway, Naracoorte Ranges and Comaum-Caroline PWAs. It covers...-
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Published: 01 Dec 2000
