During the period June through September 2002, the Commonwealth Government acquired some detailed airborne EM survey coverage of the Riverland irrigation district in eastern South Australia, for the purpose of assisting with research into salinity...

The Murray Basin is an area of Mesozoic and Tertiary sedimentation divided into two main units the Murray Basin proper separated by structural highs, the Padthaway “Horst”, from the Gambier Sunklands. Knowledge of the Mesozoic in the Murray Basin...

This detailed investigation evaluates data from both SADME drilling and investigations, and EWS drilling primarily in the alluvial sediments on Martins Bend. The aim was to determine aquifer properties, confirm water table gradients toward the river...

The drilling of a further 16 rotary holes, as part of continuing investigations by the E&WS Department into the effect of groundwater on River Murray salinity, has indicated that the northern and north-western limits of the Tertiary limestone...

Assessment south of Morgan of the Murray Group aquifer system has been obtained despite a lack of data. Very little information is available on other aquifer systems with only a few wells being completed in the Pliocene sands aquifer and 1 well...

The regional hydrogeology of a major portion (Counties Young, Hamley, part Albert and part Alfred) of the northern Murray Basin has been assessed to assist salinity control investigations. 5 main aquifer systems are defined. 2 are pre-Tertiary...

A regional groundwater model has been constructed of the Loxton Sands watertable aquifer in the eastern Riverland, over an area extending eastwards from Overland Corner to the State border. It is being used to quantify the salt load impacts on the...

Hydrochemical data from a total of 165 bores along the 40 kilometre wide strip of the South Australian - Victorian Border Designated Area were used to provide a spatial, and temporal, hydrochemical framework of the groundwaters from the three main...

The groundwater resources of a 20 km wide strip of land in each state along the SA-Vic border is jointly managed by both states. This Designated Area is divided into 22 management Zones and each state is required to limit groundwater withdrawals to...

Nine rotary mud groundwater investigation holes were drilled by SADME on the Murraylands Coastal Plain between July and November 1989, to total depths of between 82 m and 204 m. Composite logs of these holes are presented herein, together with those...

The Loxton-Noora area is underlain by 3 aquifer systems - the Pliocene Sands water table aquifer, the confined Murray Group limestone and the deepest, the confined Renmark Group aquifer. Both confined aquifers contain groundwater of 20-25 000 mg/L...

Following a request from the SA Department of Environment and Natural Resources at Berri in the Riverland, a hydrogeological assessment of the Moorook and New Residence irrigation areas was carried out. The water table aquifer occurs in fine to...

The Groundwater (Border Agreement) Act of 1985 legislated to provide a framework for the joint management of groundwater resources within a 40 km wide strip along the length of the South Australian and Victorian Border, which is referred to as the...

Sixteen rotary holes were drilled between May and September 1983, to depths from 74 to 280 metres. Five were completed in the Murray Group unconfined aquifer and the remaining 11 in the Renmark Group confined aquifer. Potentiometric levels vary from...

South Australian investigations have concentrated on defining the nature of the Tertiary limestone aquifer and determining aquifer recharge rates in Zones 3A-7A, to enable a reassessment of groundwater resources for Zones 2A-8A. An examination of the...

Twenty-three vertical open RC drillholes with a total penetration of 2663 m were drilled by MESA during February and March 1995 along four W-E traverses in the Stonefield area near Truro, to determine bedrock geology and geochemistry below sedimentary...

As part of a comprehensive investigation on the effect of groundwater on River Murray salinity, 23 investigation wells were drilled to depths of 44 to 229 metres. 8 wells were completed in the Murray Group unconfined aquifer with water table ranging...

15 new wells were drilled. Aquifer testing at 3 additional sites along the proposed 25 km Woolpunda Scheme reach confirms Murray Group aquifer transmissivity and specific yield of the order of 100-200 m3/d, and 0.02-0.03 respectively.

Micropalaeontological and biostratigraphic studies have been used. Groundwater flow systems were investigated near the Woolpunda Groundwater Interception Scheme (WGIS) - a major area of saline groundwater discharge to the Murray River. Structure was...

The Murray-Darling Basin Commission (MDBC) has a commitment in the national interest to managing the health of the River Murray and floodplain environment by mitigating both decreases in river water quality and associated environmental degradation...