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RB 78/00036 Kingston town water supply completion report for well no. 11 - EWS Department.
New production water well was drilled to 71 metres.-
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Published: 01 Jan 1978
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RB 82/00017 Port MacDonnell town water supply well no. 1. Completion report.
Well was drilled to 492 metres to the confined aquifers of the Dilwyn Formation. 2 unconsolidated sand intervals were screened between 425.3 and 435.8 and 478.8 and 484 metres. The high temperature water (31 degrees C) and some dissolved hydrogen...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1982
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RB 79/00021 Foundation drilling at Robe slipway - Lake Butler.
Foundation testing for a building project at Robe aimed at strengthening the existing slipway has shown the presence of medium strength Bridgewater Formation limestone at a depth of less than 2 m, which should provide an adequate bearing horizon for...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1979
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RB 79/00034 Hydrogeological investigations, Apcel Pty Ltd, Snuggery. Report no. 3.
Drilling and testing of a new groundwater production well APCEL 14 at Snuggery has indicated a production rate of about 8000 cubic m/day (80,000 gallons per hour), which should have only minimal effects on groundwater levels in both the upper...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1979
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RB 79/00060 Groundwater resources for South-East town water supplies - Review no. 4, Millicent.
Six wells exploiting the lower (confined) portion of the Gambier Limestone aquifer currently provide groundwater for Millicent?s reticulated water supply. Four of the six wells could be substantially upgraded in well yield by equipping them with...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1979
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RB 79/00076 Naracoorte town water supply, completion report for well no. 10 - EWS Department.
A new town water supply well, Naracoorte no. 10, encountered permeable confined aquifer sands at 160 m depth. Subsequent testing showed the well to have a yield of from 6000 to 7000 cubic m/day at a recommended pump intake depth of 85 m, with less...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1979
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RB 80/00009 Groundwater pollution potential - Mount Gambier City Council rubbish dump. Report no. 2.
Investigations aimed to determine if leachate from the municipal dump is likely to reach the water table and travel toward the Blue Lake - Mount Gambiers water supply 1 km to the east. Network of observation wells were established to monitor the...-
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Published: 01 Feb 1980
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RB 77/00131 South-East water resources: Mount Gambier area groundwater investigations. Progress report to January 1977.
Hydrogeological investigations have intensified in the Mount Gambier area, with emphasis on town water supplies, pollution monitoring and the confined aquifer. The transition from the Underground Waters Preservation Act to the Water Resources Act has...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1977
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RB 89/00052 Flint report.
Flint occurs in 4 geological settings in the South-East - beds and dykes in the Gambier Limestone, bouldery conglomerate of the Bridgewater Formation, Holocene surface lag deposits and Holocene beach deposits. Pebbles from beach deposits between Cape...-
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Published: 01 May 1989
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RB 94/00038 Groundwater recharge assessment of Zones 4A and 5A - Border Designated Area.
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...-
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Published: 01 Oct 1994
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RB 95/00019 Offshore Otway Basin - South Australia. A regional seismic interpretation including depth conversion of the onshore South Australia sector.
This report is on the Otway Basin, South Australian sector. It covers the structural and tectonic history and the methodology of the seismic interpretation. Contour maps enclosed are time and depth structures of the Sherbrook Group, Eumeralla...-
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Published: 01 Feb 1995
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RB 98/00025 Hydrochemistry of groundwaters in the South Australian-Victorian Designated Area - Groundwater Border Agreement Act.
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...-
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Published: 01 Jun 1998
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RB 89/00026 Naracoorte filling sand and rubble pit EML 5526. Sections 700 and 701, Hd Naracoorte - D.G. and V.A. Pitt.
Since 1956, filling sand and limestone rubble have been mined from a former Railway Reserve, 2.5 km ENE of Naracoorte. The rubble pit is in Tertiary Naracoorte Limestone Member of the Gambier Limestone. Fine-grained sand (probably Molineaux Sand...-
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Published: 01 Apr 1989
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RB 89/00027 Re-assessment of groundwater resources for Zones 2A to 8A of the SA Designated Area, Border Groundwater Agreement.
The groundwater resources of a 20 km wide strip of land in each state along the SA-Vic border is jointly managed by both states. This Designated Area is divided into 22 management Zones and each state is required to limit groundwater withdrawals to...-
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Published: 01 May 1989
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RB 89/00068 Geophysical survey over a building site at Mount Gambier, SA.
The possibility of cavities under the site was investigated by vertical electrical soundings and pole-dipole traverses to yield 3-dimensional indications of resistivity variations. Correlation with bores and trenches indicated that variations were...-
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Published: 01 Sep 1989
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RB 92/00019 Otway Basin hydrogeological investigation: phase 1 groundwater flow systems.
A conceptual groundwater flow model for the Cainozoic sequence of the Gambier Embayment is developed using hydraulic head distribution, environmental isotopes and hydrochemical data.<-
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Published: 01 Aug 1992
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RB 92/00070 Geology and petrophysics of petroleum reservoirs from the Otway Group, Otway Basin.
The aim was to derive a new method for the evaluation of porosity and water saturation for Pretty Hill Sandstone reservoirs, Otway Basin. Over 350 core plugs were measured for ambient and overburden porosity and permeability, and absolute grain...-
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Published: 01 Jul 1992
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RB 93/00051 Otway Basin hydrogeological investigation. Phase 2 - Groundwater residence times.
Stable isotopes (deuterium, carbon-13 and oxygen-18) and radiocarbon (carbon-14) have been used in conjunction with chemical data to evaluate recharge mechanisms, groundwater residence time and palaeohydrology within the confined Dilwyn Formation sand...-
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Published: 01 Feb 1994
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RB 94/00033 Crayfish Group biostratigraphy study. Final report.
A new subdivision of the Foraminisporis wonthaggiensis Zone (Helby et al., 1987) of the Early Cretaceous Crayfish Group sediments of the Otway Basin is proposed. Seven zones are identified from the palynological data and three from the dispersed...-
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Published: 01 Aug 1994
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RB 95/00022 Five year technical review, 1991-1995 - Border (Groundwater Agreement) Act, 1985.
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...-
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Published: 01 Jun 1995
