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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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RB 54/00999 Viability of proposed drainage bore at Glenelg Primary School.
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Published: 30 Mar 1954
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RB 59/00113 Light 001 well completion report.
Light No. 1 was drilled on shot point E126 subsequent to the Middle Beach Seismograph Survey. The purpose of the well was primarily to determine the depth to basement, to assist the correlation of seismograph records, and to further stratigraphic...-
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Published: 11 Nov 1964
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RB 60/00044 Report on proposed drainage, Smithfield area.
In the vicinity of Smithfield it is proposed to construct a number of drains to remove floodwaters originating from Smith Creek and its tributaries. At times, floodwaters accumulate in a low-lying areas west of Smithfield, and the proposed drains are...-
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Published: 08 Mar 1965
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RB 60/00124 Report of reconnaissance resistivity surveys, southern Yorke Peninsula.
In September 1964 and June 1965 an exploratory survey found good hydrological – geophysical correlation for the sedimentary formations in Southern Yorke Peninsula. Further work is warranted to delimit the boundaries of the aquifers and the extent of...-
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Published: 16 Jun 1965
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RB 84/00009 Diamond Lake (Mid North) gypsum deposit. Geological investigation and auger drilling 1983 - Hd Stow.
9 auger holes, and 18 earlier drill holes indicate reserves of 7 000 tonnes, and 42 000 tonnes of gypsum inferred in low dunes flanking lake margin.-
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Published: 01 Feb 1984
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RB 86/00024 Sediment organism zonation and the evolution of Holocene tidal sequences in southern Australia.
Regressive intertidal sequences, with well developed zonation of flora and fauna, occur extensively around the margins of the 2 major SA gulfs and within small embayments along the exposed coastline of Eyre Peninsula. This paper summarises and...-
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Published: 01 Apr 1986
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RB 87/00050 Water well survey of 1:100 000 map sheet area 6530 and the northern half of 6529.
121 of 263 wells visited from April to June, 1985, were in use, mostly for stock water, and some for irrigating lucerne. Salinity was generally greater than 3000 mg/L. Standing water levels varied between 100 metres and the surface, largely depending...-
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Published: 01 Feb 1987
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RB 82/00096 Northern Power Station. Groundwater conditions in the vicinity of the ash disposal lagoons.
Investigations include back hoe pits and hand augering. Future fly ash disposal will increase hydraulic gradients towards the gulf and thus increase rate of groundwater flow in that direction. Potential exists for damage to the mangroves through...-
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Published: 01 Dec 1982
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RB 78/00013 Northern Adelaide Plains gas storage study. Barabba gravity low.
The Barabba Gravity Low in the Northern Adelaide Plains has been interpreted as a southerly dipping trough-like depression in Precambrian bedrock, infilled with Tertiary and covered by a blanket of Quaternary sediments. All margins of this feature are...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1978
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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 78/00020 Groundwater investigations in southern Yorke Peninsula - Marion Bay and Stenhouse Bay.
7 drill holes (105 metres) and 2 well discharge tests were carried out.-
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Published: 01 Jan 1978
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RB 78/00016 Hundred of Kuitpo water well survey.
Survey of 921 water wells and 33 exploration and foundation test drill holes. Relevant hydrogeological report book numbers are listed, indexed under section number order.-
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Published: 01 Jan 1978
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RB 81/00046 Regional groundwater survey in the vicinity of the Inkerman Balaklava and Whitwarta Coalfields.
Detailed water well survey was undertaken to provide base line data on the groundwater resources for future dewatering operations. 196 wells were visited of which 35% have been backfilled, 31% are not used and 34% are in use. The dominant use is for...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1981
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RB 93/00011 Artificial recharge potential at Precinct 1, Northfield residential development, Adelaide, South Australia.
Investigations of the Tertiary Sand and the basement aquifer underlying Sections 789 and 873 Hd Yatala, indicate that only the basement aquifer has the potential to store storm water for subsequent reuse. Well equations to describe the behaviour of a...-
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Published: 01 Feb 1993
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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
