The Onkaparinga Catchment Water Management Board (OCWMB) is responsible for an area of approx. 920 square km which includes the Onkaparinga Catchment in the Adelaide Hills and the Noarlunga and Willunga sedimentary embayments south of Adelaide, South...

Evaluates short and long term options for the collection, transport, treatment, recovery of resources and final disposal of solid and liquid wastes.

The proposal for development of sand and clay pit for solid waste disposal is environmentally sound. The study included geotechnical investigation and concluded that management of a Council commercial and industrial waste disposal facility would be...

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An experimental survey using Geonics EM 31 meter was carried out near 2 solid and 1 liquid disposal depots. The area is part of Government Environmental Impact Study (EIS). Results show local near surface variations with broad deeper variations...

Groundwater analysis from 17 wells has detected elevated concentrations of Cu,Cr, As and creosote in the unconfined aquifer at the State Mill, resulting from the discharge of contaminated storm water or septic tank effluent. The contaminated...

An SA government investigation has been undertaken to determine the extent of groundwater pollution resulting from the waste disposal practices used at the now abandoned Kongorong cheese factory. During the period 1924 to 1971, liquid effluent from...

A total of 0.5 million cubic m of fine tailings, weighing 0.7 million tonnes, and averaging 44.8% solids, are impounded in 10 tailings dams at three sand deposits near Gawler, 35 km north-east of Adelaide. The dams are still in use, and pose a major...

Tonnages and gold content of tailings and slimes stockpiled at the Government Stamp Battery at Peterborough were calculated from hand auger drilling and mining return records. The amount of recoverable gold was determined by mineralogical and...

This report details drilling programs carried out by MESA at and near the Brukunga open-cut pyrite mine and tailings dam areas in the period 6/5/93 to 14/4/94. A total of 29 wells were drilled within the tailings dam, the spoil heaps and on the hills...

An initial investigation was undertaken by The Department of Primary Industries and Resources SA (PIRSA), into the increase in salinity within wells on the Northern Adelaide Plains (NAP). This involved interpreting groundwater salinity data from a...

This document contains the environmental objectives relating to seismic exploration activities required to be achieved by any licensee operating in the South Australian part of the Cooper and Eromanga Basins (i.e. any operator). Objectives have been...

Recently, residents from the SA township of Callington contacted authorities regarding anomalous levels of copper found in soils at their town properties. Subsequently, the State Environment Protection Agency, the Mount Barker Council and the SA...

Sampling of groundwater at Keith and Padthaway to investigate the potential for contamination by pesticides and herbicides detected the herbicide atrazine in the shallow unconfined aquifer. Its detection in wells located at some distance from...

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...

Mines and Energy South Australia (MESA) was commissioned by MFP Australia to undertake an investigation into the feasibility of establishing an Aquifer Storage and Recovery (ASR) scheme at The Levels site. The programme is being carried out in two...

Several groundwater issues have been highlighted in the Meningie-Narrung area as a result of the regional investigation into the hydrogeology of the Murray Basin. Dryland salinity is the most important, with an estimated 45 000 ha to be affected by...

Earlier investigation of the pollution plume from the Mil-Lel Cheese Factory suggested that it was wide and continuous, extending some 1.7 km. This survey, using basically the same techniques, indicated a much more fragmented plume, with channels of...

Investigation by MESA was to supplement and provide an independent assessment by: - collection of soil samples at specified depths in backhoe excavation pits and surface soil samples at identical locations to those sites selected for sampling...

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