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2002 Riverland Aerial EM Survey. [metadata reference record to allow for geophysical data retrieval by users in a spatial search context].
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...-
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RB 82/00051 Management proposal for the groundwater resources along the State border of South Australia and Victoria.
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...-
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Published: 01 Jul 1982
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RB 82/00060 Artificial recharge experiment in the Angas Bremer irrigation area, South Australia.
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...-
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Published: 01 Dec 1982
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RB 83/00017 SADME Oakvale 1. Well completion report.
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...-
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Published: 01 Mar 1983
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RB 84/00072 Woolpunda groundwater interception scheme. Core drilling programme.
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...-
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Published: 01 Sep 1984
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RB 78/00155 Rufus River aquifer test, Lake Victoria, NSW (Client - EWS Department).
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...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1978
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RB 84/00029 Keith Willalooka Bordertown irrigation area investigation. Progress report no. 2.
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.-
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Published: 01 Apr 1984
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RB 87/00087 Tatiara proclaimed region groundwater assessment.
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...-
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Published: 01 Jul 1987
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RB 87/00070 Woolpunda Groundwater Interception Scheme, phase 1. Drilling and pump testing program.
Pump tests at 2 sites along the Murray River indicate Murray Group unconfined aquifer transmissivity of 100-130 m3/d/m. The tests were not long enough for reliable estimates of aquifer specific yields.-
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Published: 01 Apr 1987
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RB 78/00008 Hydrogeology of the Angas Bremer irrigation area.
Final phase of investigations with recommendations.-
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Published: 31 Dec 1983
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RB 81/00031 Murray Basin hydrogeological investigation, drilling programme - Upper Murray and northern region. Progress report no. 1.
24 wells investigated effect of groundwater on Murray River salinity. Water level data and chemical analyses were obtained.-
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Published: 01 Jan 1981
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RB 90/00078 South Australia - Exploration Towards 2000. Seminar, Adelaide, 13 December, 1990. Extended abstracts.
A seminar designed to heighten industry interest in South Australia as a place in which to search for minerals and petroleum was organised by the Department of Mines and Energy at the Australian Mineral Foundation on 13 December 1990. A number of data...-
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Published: 01 Dec 1990
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RB 92/00036 Woolpunda hydrogeological investigations - Phase 3 pumping trial.
A pumping trial scheme from 21/11/86 to 20/10/87 evaluated the effectiveness of the proposed Woolpunda Groundwater Interception Scheme and the mechanical performance of pumping equipment and wells. The aquifer response is generally that of an...-
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Published: 01 May 1992
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RB 96/00015 Regional groundwater impacts of irrigation development in the eastern Riverland.
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...-
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Published: 01 Dec 1995
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RB 96/00014 Clayton water supply - Aquifer storage and recovery investigation.
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...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1998
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RB 99/00002 Risk assessment modelling for irrigation development in the Angas Bremer irrigation area.
Recently imposed water resource management controls in the Angas - Bremer Irrigation Area have reduced the local irrigators' aggregate groundwater allocation to within the sustainable limits of the basin, primarily by conversion of their licences...-
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Published: 01 Feb 1999
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RB 98/00006 Aquifer storage and recovery in a highly saline aquifer as a solution for town water supply.
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...-
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Published: 01 Feb 1998
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RB 98/00007 South Australian experience in aquifer storage and recovery.
It is estimated that 390 000 ML of storm water/effluent is generated in South Australia annually. Most is discharged, with less than 5% being reused. In recent times attitudes have changed and the resource potential of this water is being...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1998
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RB 98/00005 Padthaway Irrigation Area, South-East, South Australia. Groundwater quality investigation. Drilling program, December 1996 - January 1997.
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...-
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Published: 20 Feb 1998
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RB 98/00004 Groundwater quality investigations, Padthaway Irrigation Area. Hydrogeological appraisal of management plan. Option one: sourcing groundwater from the Naracoorte Ranges.
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,...-
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Published: 20 Feb 1998
