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Shallow groundwater quality monitoring program for the Onkaparinga Catchment Water Management Board area.
The Onkaparinga Catchment Water Management Board (OCWMB) is responsible for an area of approx. 920 square km which includes the Onkaparinga Catchment in the Adelaide Hills and the Noarlunga and Willunga sedimentary embayments south of Adelaide, South...-
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Kangaroo Flat hydrogeological investigation - Well drilling.
The Department for Water Resources drilled three wells at Kangaroo Flat in October and November 2000 as part of a hydrogeological investigation of the area. The wells were drilled as observation wells, and water levels will subsequently be monitored...-
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Klein Point. Limestone exploration. Progress reports for the period 19/1/1982 to August 1982.
14 rotary percussion holes were drilled to test for extensions of the Klein Point limestone deposit. In the area drilled, Tertiary bryozoan limestone horizons were found to have an average vertical thickness of 28 m; their quality is comparable to...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1982
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RB 38/00087 Report on results of test boring in a brick clay deposit at Golden Grove.
Geological mapping of seven contiguous mineral claims at Golden Grove held by the SA Builders' and Contractors' Association revealed three areas of potential brick clay. A programme of test boring was carried out to define the deposits and obtain...-
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Published: 26 Oct 1954
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RB 55/00126 Report on site investigation proposed bulk grain storage installation Long Plains railway yard, Hd Dublin, Dublin 1 mile sheet (zone 6, no. 815).
It is proposed to construct a wheat storage silo toward the northern end of the Long Plains Railway Yard which is about 40 miles north from Adelaide. Two percussion test bores were drilled at the request of Mr J.A. Corbett, Senior Engineer, S.A....-
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Published: 01 Jan 1962
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RB 60/00039 New AMP building, Adelaide. Foundation stratigraphy.
A foundation test bore 200 feet deep, drilled at the site of a new Australian Mutual Provident Society (AMP) building to be constructed on the south-western corner of North Terrace and King William Street, has intersected a Cainozoic sedimentary...-
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Published: 03 Mar 1965
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RB 60/00062 Report on site examination for a proposed subdivision at Windsor Gardens.
The request to investigate the site of a proposed housing subdivision at Windsor Gardens was received in a letter from the Town Planner’s Office dated December 11, 1964. The area examined is within Section 503, Hundred of Yatala, and the appropriate...-
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Published: 22 Mar 1965
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RB 60/00097 Report on site investigation, proposed SA Cooperative Bulk Handling Ltd silo, railway yards, Wasleys, Hd Mudla Wirra.
The request to investigate the site of a proposed 4 cell concrete silo to be built in the railway yards at Wasleys, was received in a letter dated 19th February, 1964, from Mr. P.T. Sanders, General Manager, South Australian Cooperative Bulk Handling...-
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Published: 14 May 1965
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RB 85/00002 Quaternary stratigraphy between Saint Kilda and Outer Harbour with special reference to excavation conditions in Barker Inlet.
Cores taken from Barker Inlet and previous subsurface information, are used to interpret the shallow subsurface stratigraphy. Significant Holocene accumulation has taken place at Outer Harbour, Torrens Island, and the Saint Kilda intertidal flats....-
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Published: 01 Jan 1985
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RB 86/00023 Geological investigations for construction sand - Mid North of South Australia, 1984 and 1985.
Production of construction sand between Port Pirie, Booleroo Centre, Jamestown and Yacka has averaged 11 000 tonnes / year for the past 6 years with- 49% from Holocene stream channels- 34% from an abandoned Pleistocene stream channel- 9% from crushing...-
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Published: 01 Feb 1987
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RB 83/00090 Low alkali shale investigation Rapid Bay - Delamere area. Results of auger drilling 1983 - Adelaide Brighton Cement Ltd.
Reconnaissance clay sampling and 30 holes have outlined areas of weathered silty shale and greywacke suitable for use in the manufacture of low alkali cement clinker.-
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Published: 01 Nov 1983
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RB 79/00003 Fine tailings investigation. Drilling of tailings dams and the results of laboratory evaluation. Report no. 2, Gawler.
A total of 0.5 million cubic m of fine tailings, weighing 0.7 million tonnes, and averaging 44.8% solids, are impounded in 10 tailings dams at three sand deposits near Gawler, 35 km north-east of Adelaide. The dams are still in use, and pose a major...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1979
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RB 79/00008 Report on drilling for groundwater in the Onkaparinga Estuary.
A groundwater investigation well, drilled on the site of a proposed public reserve adjacent to the Onkaparinga Estuary, encountered water too saline for use in irrigation. The yield of the well was not tested, and it was subsequently abandoned. A...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1979
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RB 97/00054 The Paddocks Wetland, Salisbury Council, aquifer storage and recovery investigation.
Aquifer storage and recovery investigations at well 6628-16623 drilled by MESA in The Paddocks wetland storm water treatment and holding site in the Salisbury Council area (Adelaide, South Australia) have been successfully completed. The work...-
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Published: 01 Sep 1997
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RB 97/00041 Briefing-1 on the feasibility of aquifer injection using reclaimed water at Port Adelaide.
SA Water contacted MESA early in 1996 regarding advice on the feasibility of aquifer injection at Port Adelaide using reclaimed water. Work previously undertaken on the northern Adelaide Plains has been reviewed for information pertinent to the Port...-
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Published: 01 Jun 1997
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RB 97/00044 Briefing on salinity of Michell well 6628-13323.
Water well 6628-13323 completed in Tertiary aquifer T1, and located on the Salisbury property of wool merchants and hide processors G.H. Michell and Sons (Australia) Pty Ltd, has an anomalously high groundwater salinity. Due to the increasing...-
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Published: 01 Aug 1997
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RB 97/00042 Briefing on Kooyonga Golf Course well testing.
MESA were approached by the Kooyonga Golf Club in November 1995 for advice concerning the groundwater supply and quality from three old wells still in production. As indicated in correspondence dated 23/11/95, two of the wells show signs of saline...-
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Published: 01 Aug 1997
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RB 97/00047 Briefing on the potential for ASR at the MFP, The Levels, site.
Potential for ASR at the untested The Levels site is identified in up to 3 Quaternary and 2 Tertiary aquifers, depending on the validity of interpreted aquifer properties as interpolated from nearby tested and operating ASR sites. A site-specific...-
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Published: 01 Aug 1997
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RB 99/00005 Initial investigation of the salinity impact of leaking wells, Northern Adelaide Plains Prescribed Wells Area.
An initial investigation was undertaken by The Department of Primary Industries and Resources SA (PIRSA), into the increase in salinity within wells on the Northern Adelaide Plains (NAP). This involved interpreting groundwater salinity data from a...-
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Published: 01 Apr 1999
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RB 97/00055 Morphettville Racecourse aquifer storage and recovery potential.
Preliminary aquifer storage and recovery investigations at Morphettville Racecourse (Adelaide, South Australia) have been successfully completed. Investigation of the upper part of the Tertiary confined aquifer sequence underlying the racecourse...-
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Published: 01 Nov 1997
