A bottomhole drill cuttings sample obtained from a newly drilled water bore at Seacliff has been examined for the purpose of biostratigraphic correlation of the limestone aquifer sediments. It was determined from foraminiferal species assemblage...

Three observation wells have been completed in the Port Willunga Formation 'A' for the Water Resources Branch of the Engineering and Water Supply Department. These wells are located in the vicinity of the Little Para River to monitor the response of...

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...

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...

Mines and Energy South Australia (MESA) was commissioned by MFP Australia to undertake an investigation into the feasibility of establishing an Aquifer Storage and Recovery (ASR) scheme at The Levels site. The programme is being carried out in two...

Palynological and dispersed cuticle analysis of drill core and cutting samples from exploration wells at Andrew's Farm housing development, Munno Para, has dated the subsea depth interval 99 - 171 metres as Middle to late Middle Miocene. The top of...

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This discussion of the hydrology of the Adelaide region is confined, in general terms, to the occurrence, availability and salinity of surface and ground waters, with particular regard to shallow groundwaters. Other phases of the hydrologic cycle...

The Groundwater Program of the Department for Water Resources (DWR - previously with PIRSA) was engaged by the Torrens Catchment Water Management Board to assess the aquifer storage and recovery (ASR) potential at the Cheltenham Racecourse, using...

The availability of good quality groundwater from two Tertiary confined aquifers (T1 and T2) under the Northern Adelaide Plains (NAP) has encouraged the development of over 3000 hectares of horticulture in the area since the 1950s. At present,...