A water well survey of the eastern portion of the hundred of Yatala, located 355 wells of which 160 were visited. Well yields range from 10m3/day to 750m3/day, salinities from 50mg/1 to 3000mg/1 and standing water levels from ground level to 75.0m....

No metallic mineral deposits are known, although potential exists for the discovery of significant metalliferous deposits in shallow basement rocks, concealed below Quaternary cover. Other resources are granular and seed gypsum SE of Streaky Bay, high...

An assessment of the water resources of the portion of the Willunga Basin subject to a moratorium on the construction of new wells and farm dams was carried out to establish its importance as a supplier of water to the Southern Vales Proclaimed...

Further investigations have been undertaken within certain areas along the State Border of South Australia and Victoria to assess both vertical groundwater recharge rates and their spatial variability, based on surficial geology, groundwater and land...

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...

Aquifer storage and recovery (ASR) is being developed as a solution to provide an emergency town water supply in a location where blue- green algae make River Murray water unfit for domestic use during summer. Algae-free river water will be injected...

A water balance study of the Piccadilly Valley has indicated that almost 20% of annual rainfall, amounting to 2000 ML, recharges the fractured rock aquifers. The current usage of about 1200 ML represents just under 60% of this annual recharge. Total...

Metropolitan Adelaide is founded on a wide variety of soils that overlie sediments and rocks. Some of the soils and sediments react to seasonal and human-induced changes in water content with marked changes in volume. The black earths and...

An aquifer storage and recovery scheme is being developed at Clayton township on Lake Alexandrina, South Australia, notably as a solution to provide a town water supply in a location where blue-green algae make River Murray water (extracted via the...

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...

The main source of irrigation water in the intensely irrigated area of the Padthaway Proclaimed Wells Area is groundwater extracted from the underlying unconfined aquifer. Excess irrigation water, that is, water applied to the crops but not used,...

The groundwater model described in this report was used to quantify the changes in salt loads to the River Murray and induced discharge to the degraded river flats of proposed future management options for the Loxton Irrigation Area. The options...

A fundamental question remains to be answered in the Clare Valley. How much water can be safely extracted without causing depletion of the groundwater resources? This question is being addressed by a major investigation into the groundwater...

Phase Two of a drilling program at Clare, South Australia was undertaken in June, 1997. A total of 6 bores were drilled, 4 of these at existing locations established during Phase One drilling in January, 1996, and a further 2 at Watervale Oval as...

The Torrens Rural Catchment can be divided into three zones where groundwater extraction from fractured rock aquifers is significant - the Fourth and Sixth Creek catchments, and the Birdwood - Gumeracha area. The Fourth Creek Catchment, which is...

This project has developed an innovative method to determine the sustainable yield of groundwater resources in fractured rock aquifers of the Mount Lofty Ranges, using new and existing geographic information system (GIS) datasets. Groundwater...

The rural township of Kangarilla currently has no reticulated water supply system or common effluent disposal scheme, so instead its residents' potable water supplies are obtained from domestic rainwater tanks, and garden water is generally drawn...

An increase in groundwater salinity in parts of the Padthaway area threatens the sustainability of established irrigation developments. A number of management options to mitigate the groundwater salinity increase are being considered by State...

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 Brownhill Creek Catchment can be divided into two main zones - the Hills Zone (rural catchment) and the Plains Zone (urban catchment). The Hills Zone is underlain by fractured rock aquifers which contain good quality groundwater (salinities...