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RB 42/00023 Gravity and magnetic traverses in the far northwest of South Australia.
Almost six weeks were spent with the Far North-West party at Granite Downs Station in conducting magnetic and gravity traverses. Work was curtailed before sufficient results could be obtained for an accurate picture of subsurface structure. Gravity...-
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Published: 08 Feb 1954
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RB 86/00074 Stuart Highway groundwater investigations geophysics Tarcoonyinna Creek to NT border.
In the search for groundwater over 90 km, 11 potential sites were selected on geological grounds. The Transient EM (TEM) surveys assessed ground resistivity, initially over 2 pre-drilled test areas. Of the other 9 areas, 6 showed favourable...-
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Published: 01 Sep 1986
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RB 86/00053 Pitjantjatjara Homelands. Nitrate and fluoride in outstation groundwater supplies.
Compilation of available data shows that of 45 outstations, only 12 have water supplies for which both nitrates and fluorides meet WHO standards, 27 have unacceptable fluoride and or nitrate levels, and 8 have not been tested for both nitrate and...-
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Published: 01 Aug 1986
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RB 86/00044 Indulkana water supply.
38 wells have been drilled testing 3 geological environments. Results indicate : (1) Crystalline Precambrian rocks yield small supplies with salinity 15 000 to 20 000 mg/L. (2) Adelaidean slates and quartzites are capable of moderate yields, but...-
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Published: 01 Jul 1986
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RB 86/00097 Fregon water supply.
Fregon, south of the Musgrave Ranges, is supplied with water of 1100 to 1 500 mg/L from a weathered crystalline rock aquifer. This report aims to document all water investigations and determine if water chemistry has changed with time. About 100...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1987
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RB 85/00061 Stuart Highway, pump-testing construction water supplies, Marla to NT border. Highways Department.
11 of 13 wells, in fractured rock aquifers were tested. Most showed drawdowns linear with the square root of time, and consequently long term yields are generally much smaller than airlift yields. 6 were found to have long term yields greater than 0.5...-
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Published: 01 Nov 1985
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RB 85/00059 Kenmore Park, water supply.
Drilling has located small but adequate supplies of groundwater in fractured crystalline basement. Nitrate contents are unacceptably high, about 100 mg/L. Previous drilling has shown that nitrates are ubiquitous in this area, and that further drilling...-
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Published: 01 Oct 1985
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RB 87/00074 Ernabella water supply.
Reviews pertinent information including well discharge tests and resistivity surveys. Ernabella is supplied with water from weathered and fractured crystalline basement. Consumption is 60 - 100 ML/year and salinity ranges from 600 - 1 000 mg/L. The...-
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Published: 01 May 1987
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RB 79/00004 North-West Aboriginal Reserves drilling programme 1978.
Twenty four water wells were drilled, and three existing water wells cleaned out, in the North-West Aboriginal Reserves during 1978. Sixteen of the new wells were successful in obtaining a groundwater supply suitable for their specified use, which was...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1979
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RB 78/00037 North-West Aboriginal Reserves. Drilling programme November 1977-January 1978.
10 of 14 water wells drilled were successful.-
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Published: 01 Jan 1978
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RB 89/00080 Ernabella drilling, 1989.
Three wells to augment the water supply and replace wells prone to pollution intersected shallow aquifers in fractured and weathered adamellite. Salinities ranged from 550 - 850 mg/L. Because of the unusually wet season, the water table was high and...-
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Published: 01 Sep 1989
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RB 89/00082 Pitjantjatjara Lands - 1988 drilling.
Twenty eight wells were drilled. Five of 12 wells put down for the Amata cattle project were successful, 3 being completed in weathered rock aquifers and 2 in fractured fresh rock aquifers. Drilling on narrow photo-linears gave poor results, whereas...-
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Published: 01 Nov 1989
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RB 91/00042 Groundwater occurrence on the MANN 1:250 000 sheet.
This report documents knowledge gained on groundwater occurrence and well siting.-
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Published: 01 Mar 1991
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RB 99/00033 Pukatja town water supply drilling and discharge testing, 1997.
Aerial photography and satellite imagery, plus an on-ground geological reconnaissance and a transient electromagnetic geophysical survey, were used to select sites for drilling water wells to provide a major expansion of the Pukatja town water supply....-
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Published: 01 Nov 1999
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RB 98/00019 Spencer Regions strategic water management study.
The availability of adequate water supplies is crucial to future development, particularly in the arid areas of the State. Primary Industries and Resources South Australia (PIRSA), as part of the Spencer Regions Strategic Water Management Study, has...-
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Published: 01 Apr 1998
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RB 99/00022 Water wells, AP Lands, 1998. Site selection, drilling and testing.
Twenty-six sites for water wells to supply isolated homelands and small settlements were selected within the northwest Aboriginal lands of South Australia. Satellite imagery, aerial photography, viewing of the sites from a light aircraft, on-ground...-
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Published: 01 Aug 1999
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RB 88/00037 Indulkana water supply - 1987 drilling.
3 wells were drilled to supply the saline side of the proposed dual water supply system. Test-pumping indicated long term yields of 0.4 to 0.9 L/s. 1 of the wells (IND26) has salinity of 900 mg/L. If its salinity does not rise, it should be connected...-
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Published: 01 Jun 1988
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RB 88/00070 Fregon water supply - 1987 drilling.
3 wells were drilled to locate a replacement production well for a well (5344 WW 14) which had been contaminated with diesel fuel. The first well had too small a yield, the second was too saline (1705 mg/L), while the third has an estimated long term...-
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Published: 01 Sep 1988
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RB 97/00022 Appraisal of the water resources of the Musgrave Block, South Australia.
The area of interest divides into two groundwater environments: a Mesoproterozoic hard rock environment containing fresh water in fractures and saprolite; and a younger sedimentary environment containing more saline water in...-
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Published: 01 Mar 1997
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RB 90/00063 Mimili water supply.
Mimili is an aboriginal community in the Everard Ranges supplied with groundwater from 2 wells tapping fractured gneiss. Salinity is about 1000 mg/L, and shows no sign of increasing. Both nitrate and fluoride are high. This is typical in this region...-
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Published: 01 Oct 1990
