Coonawarra is important viticultural area. Its establishment was possible because of low salinity groundwater and suitable soil. Since 1970 groundwater levels have shown no significant decline due to irrigation and no increase in salinity. A pollution...

The groundwater licensing authorities in the States of South Australia and Victoria recognize that future development of the lands adjacent to the border will depend on the groundwater resource underlying those lands. In most areas there, shallow...

Water budget and salt balance studies indicate deterioration in water quality with time since there is now no natural outflow for the confined groundwater. A controlled well recharge experiment using water from Lake Alexandrina with 2 injection and 3...

Groundwater supplies obtained from aquifers within a complex series of sediments of Cainozoic age are used in the Barossa Valley for irrigation, mainly of vineyards. The estimated annual extraction volume is 1.6 million cubic metres. A tentative...

The fully rotary cored Oakvale 1 vertical stratigraphic drillhole was drilled by SADME Regional Geology Branch, 13 km east of Oakvale Station homestead in the north of the Murray Basin within SA, over the period 22/5/1981 to 10/6/1981. The hole was...

Summary of statistics. Details the state, city and district council areas of irrigation of particular crops, sources of water supply and methods of irrigation.

Ground water from aquifers within complex series of Cainozoic sediments are used in the Barossa Valley for irrigation, mainly of vineyards. Estimated annual extraction is 1.6 x 106 m3. Tentative water budget shows near balance. Water levels in...

5 drill holes (580.2 metres) between Waikerie and Overland Corner to investigate scheme to intercept saline ground water inflows to River Murray, revealed consistent lithology and sequence in Murray Group carbonate sandstone aquifer and average value...

A total of 28 landfill sites in the metropolitan area have been investigated for risk of groundwater pollution by leachate. All are municipal waste disposal areas, accepting mainly domestic garbage and hard fill. The investigation was carried out...

There are four different hydrogeological environments in the District Council area of Yankalilla. The important aquifers are.Tertiary Limestone, Permian sands and silts, and Cambrian marbles. The groundwater, is used mainly for livestock supplies and...

Extractive. Industry poses a dilemma for the town planner. Towns and cities are built of quarry products and there are compelling economic reasons for locating construction materials sources as near as possible to the urban consumer. However, most...

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...

Lake Victoria is an off-river water storage in western N.S.W. and the Rufus River is its outfall channel to the River Murray. Very saline groundwater seeps into the Rufus River and hence enters the River Murray system. A groundwater pumping scheme is...

Irrigation restrictions were imposed on the Padthaway irrigation areas which relies on large quantities of good quality groundwater from a highly transmissive unconfined aquifer. Monitoring of water levels and water quality since 1970 has shown no...

Monitoring of water levels and water quality of observation wells since 1970 has shown no significant increase in salinity and only small decline in water levels, which is seasonal.

Total discharge from irrigation bores is about equal to groundwater recharge. Recommended that area be proclaimed under the Water Resources Act to control irrigation development.

Vermiculite is an alteration product of phlogopite. Kimberlitic bodies of sufficient size and phlogopite content for possible exploitation have been discovered in South Australia during past exploration for diamonds and base metals. Sampling is...

The present structure of the Groundwater and Engineering Branch no longer reflects its roles and activities in the fields of groundwater resource assessment and groundwater and engineering geological service work, nor is it flexible enough to meet the...

Investigations since 1984 have assessed the groundwater availability. The groundwater supplies are obtained from an extensive unconfined aquifer. The investigations included drilling of investigation wells, aquifer testing, studies of the recharge...

Observation well network trends and land use were reviewed to assess the need for administrative controls on groundwater withdrawal. Up to 1980-81, the hydrogeologic system was in near balance but the amount of groundwater extraction has increased,...