The Willunga Basin is a complex multi-aquifer groundwater system supporting an area of high agricultural production. Because of the inter-connection between the various aquifers and surrounding basement rocks, the effects of significant withdrawals...

Results of a desktop study to identify the opportunities for aquifer storage and recovery in the Barossa regional aquifer system, with injection water being sourced from the River Murray and supplied through SA Water Corporation's infrastructure.

The United States Geological Survey software package MODFLOW was used to construct a three-layer predictive simulation model of the groundwater flow underlying Emu Springs, an area in the southern Mallee region of South Australia near Tintinara. The...

A combined groundwater and solute transport model (MODFLOW and MT3D) was constructed of the Loxton Irrigation Area to determine the future impacts on groundwater levels and salt loads to the river and floodplain for a range of local irrigation...

The Tookayerta Catchment is an area which is increasingly coming under pressure from its landowners for the development of local groundwater resources to irrigate dairy pastures, berry plantations and vineyards. The catchment encompasses two...

The residential development area, west of Baker Street, Callington, overlies portions of the Bremer Mine. The mine is associated with 360 metre long, 12 metre thick, NNW-trending shear zones, dipping 70 degrees SW to a depth of 220 metres. The...

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...

Relatively little exploration has been carried out due to the areas remoteness and the cost of exploration and because younger basin sediments have masked craton rocks more prospective for minerals. Recent work by SADME, COMALCO and others, has...

About 87 percent of Port Lincoln's construction sand is obtained from the coastal zone about 20 km north of the city. The remainder, from Strawberry Hill, contains about 10% fines and is blended with clean sand from Louth Bay to meet specifications....

South Australias mining and petroleum legislation provides a clear and environmentally sensitive route for gaining access to land for mineral exploration and development. The interface between the mining legislation and the newer green legislation...

The South Australian Mid-North, southern Flinders Ranges and Yorke Peninsula regions have limited water resources, with most water for domestic purposes being piped in from the Murray River. However, there exists the potential for groundwater of...

In 1993 an exploration drilling program was undertaken jointly by The Department of Mines and Energy (MESA) and ETSA Corporation (ETSA) over areas considered prospective for coal within the vicinity of the existing infrastructure of the Leigh Creek...

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...

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...

The Padthaway Formation and Bridgewater Formation aquifers provide a high quality groundwater resource in the Padthaway Proclaimed Wells Area (PWA). The resource supports an irrigated agriculture and horticulture industry. Irrigation is concentrated...

The Golden Grove Extractive Industry Area is the centre of the States brick industry and is the most important source of construction sand for the northern Metropolitan area. This paper presents an overview of 1 option for a development strategy as a...

Competing groundwater use is a problem in the vicinity of the Mount Barker Golf Club grounds, which has been recognized by the parties involved and government since late 1985. A well monitoring network for both water level and salinity was set up and...

Kapunda DC is underlain by folded Adelaidean and Cambrian metasediments which host important mineral deposits in the area. An estimated 15 million tonnes of ore averaging 1.2% copper remains near the Kapunda mine, with potential for further...

The investigation has included drilling, test pumping, expansion of the water level observation network, the establishment of a salinity observation network, geophysical logging of observation wells and a land use survey. Facies changes and...